The record
Legislation· Feb 2025
Legislation· Feb 2025HR 250 Passed House — in Senate
Sponsored by Chrissy Houlahan (D)
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.
Directs Congress to commission and place a Benjamin Franklin statue in the Capitol by 2026.
Tradeoff
Requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for a Benjamin Franklin statue and install it in the Capitol. No cost estimate provided in the bill or supporting documents.
What's in it
Passed the House by on February 26, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jan 9, 2025)
House
Committee on House Administration(Jan 9, 2025)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Feb 26, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Rules and Administration(Feb 27, 2025)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Laurel M. Lee (R-FL)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- J. French Hill (R-AR)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
- Scott Franklin (R-FL)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
- Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH)