HF4984 Summary

• Memorial resolution requests the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve replacing Minnesota's statue of Henry Mower Rice (displayed since 1916) with a statue of former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in National Statuary Hall.

• Replacement is authorized under Public Law 106-554, which allows states to replace statues after they have been displayed for at least 10 years.

• Statue of Hubert H. Humphrey will be replicated by the Koh-Varilla Guild, Inc., based on the sculpture currently standing at the Minnesota State Capitol by artists Jeff and Anna Koh Varilla.

• Minnesota accepts responsibility for all expenditures associated with removing, transporting, and replacing the statues; the Henry Mower Rice statue will be transferred to the State of Minnesota.

• Secretary of state must authenticate and transmit the enrolled resolution to the Architect of the Capitol for forwarding to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.