PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I.
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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · May 3, 2016
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of such panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the existing panels that depict the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
People & committees
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D–DC
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1762-1763)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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