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H.R. 6969: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

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H.R. 6969: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

118th Congress · introduced 2024-01-11 · Congress · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 584.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-01-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 584. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

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Official text

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr6969.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] · 77 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6969, a bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol (2024-12-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), William R. Keating (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), John Joyce (R-PA), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD) and 17 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] reported raising $2.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr6969 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118