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S.Res. 53 · 111th Congress

A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of…

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A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

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BLD LincolnSponsor
10 cosponsors · 5 D, 5 R
RBR Bennett SCR Chambliss CSD Schumer SBD Brown RBD Burris TCR Cochran KHR Hutchison JIR Isakson CLD Levin DSD Stabenow

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 24, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Feb 25, 2009

Directs the Senate Commission on Art to procure an appropriate plaque acknowledging the role of enslaved African-Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Feb 25, 2009

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Senate Commission on Art to procure an appropriate plaque acknowledging the role of enslaved African-Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

Requires the plaque, under the direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration, to be placed near the original exterior wall that was constructed between 1793 and 1800 in the East Front corridor on the third floor of the Senate wing of the Capitol.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

Latest action (Feb 25, 2009): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2500)

Policy area: Congress · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 24, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 24, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Feb 25, 2009

No recorded floor vote found.