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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 405 (Introduced in House) — To permit the District of Columbia and each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues ho... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Placement of statues of citizens of District of Columbia and territories in Statuary Hall

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Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 2131 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: For purposes of this section, the term . State includes American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, and the term citizen includes a national of the United States, as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22) ).
Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 2 U.S.C. 2132 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: For purposes of this section— the term State includes American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands; and in the case of the District of Columbia, the Council of the District of Columbia shall be treated as the legislature and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be treated as the Governor. .
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