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MO SCR2

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

7/11/2019

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Hegeman

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests approval from the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to replace Missouri's statue of Thomas Hart Benton with a statue of Harry S Truman in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol
  • Missouri's current two statues—Thomas Hart Benton and Francis Preston Blair—were authorized in 1895 and placed in Statuary Hall in 1899
  • Requests that the removed Thomas Hart Benton statue be returned to the State of Missouri, as permitted under 40 U.S.C. Section 187a(d)
  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress and to every member of Missouri's Congressional delegation
  • Requires the resolution to be sent to the Governor for approval or rejection pursuant to the Missouri Constitution

Legislative Description

Requests the U.S. Congress to replace the statue of Thomas Hart Benton in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol with a statue of Harry S Truman

Last Action

Signed by Governor

7/11/2019

Committee Referrals

Rules - Legislative Oversight5/6/2019
General Laws4/10/2019
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics1/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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