,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dccg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjad    
,ms4 ,norton introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to direct the ,joint          
,committee on the ,library to accept a  
statue depicting ,pierre ,l',enfant from
 the ,district of ,columbia and to      
provide for the permanent display of the
 statue in the ,united ,states ,capitol4
  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,pierre ,l',enfant was 
born in ,france in #aged1 and traveled  
to the ,united ,states to serve with the
 ,united ,states in the ,revolutionary  
,war4  7#b7 ,pierre ,l',enfant was an   
engineer and architect1 and in #agia he 
developed the unique and exceptional    
design for the ,nation's capital that   
laid the framework for the modern-day   
,district of ,columbia that is followed 
and maintained until today4  7#c7       
,l',enfant's remarkable design          

envisioned a distinguishable federal and
 residential city with diagonal streets 
propelling from ,congress and the       
,president's home1 beautiful boulevards 
on local streets and neighborhoods1 and 
open spaces for monuments1 memorials1   
and historical structures1 all of which 
largely remain intact1 protected as a   
historical treasure4  7#d7 ,the ,united 
,states ,capitol does not currently     
appropriately recognize the             
contributions of ,pierre ,l',enfant4    
#b4 ,acceptance of statue of ,pierre    
,l',enfant for placement in ,united     
,states ,capitol  7a7 ,acceptance ,not  
later than #b years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,joint  
,committee on the ,library shall accept 
from the ,district of ,columbia the     
donation of a statue depicting ,pierre  
,l',enfant1 subject to the terms and    
conditions that the ,joint ,committee   
considers appropriate4  7b7 ,placement  
,the ,joint ,committee shall place the  
statue accepted under subsection 7a7 in 

a suitable permanent location in the    
,united ,states ,capitol4