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S.Res. 53

ResolutionFederalSenatePassed Senate
A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol.
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Passed
Latest Action · February 25, 2009
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2500)
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
February 24, 2009
Cosponsors (10)
5D 5R
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(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.

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