H.R. 2198: To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-26 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

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This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location in the U.S. Capitol.

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To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · 129 cosponsors

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Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 69 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr2198.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2198 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117