,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #djb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ae1      
#bjag,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,cardin7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,joint ,committee on the ,library to
 enter into an agreement with the       
,harriet ,tubman ,statue ,commission of 
the ,state of ,maryland for the         
acceptance of a statue of ,harriet      
,tubman for display in a prominent      
location in the ,united ,states         
,capitol4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3 7#a7 ,harriet ,tubman   
was born a slave under the given name   
,araminta ,ross in ,maryland in about   
#ahbj4  7#b7 ,beaten severely as a      
child1 she suffered a traumatic head    
injury at the hand of a slave owner     
early in her life1 which caused a       
lifetime of headaches1 seizures1 and    
vision difficulties4  7#c7 ,in #ahdi1   

she fled north to freedom and then      
immediately returned to ,maryland1      
risking her life to free her family4    
7#d7 ,she joined the ,underground       
,railroad1 which was a secret network   
for free ,african-,americans and ,white 
sympathizers who helped runaway slaves  
escape the ,south4  7#e7 ,she became    
known as the ,moses to her people as a  
conductor on the ,underground ,railroad1
 risking her life time and time again to
 return to ,maryland and lead slaves to 
freedom4  7#f7 ,when the ,civil ,war    
began1 she became a ,union spy1         
organizing an espionage network of      
slaves and freedmen who operated behind 
,confederate lines4  7#g7 ,on several   
occasions1 she led military raiding     
parties and also tended to the ,union   
wounded as an army nurse4  7#h7 ,after  
the ,civil ,war1 she devoted herself to 
women's suffrage1 the care of orphans   
and invalids1 and the establishment of  
freedmen's schools4  7#i7 ,the ,state of
 ,maryland1 where ,harriet ,tubman was  

born1 has authorized a gift of a statue 
of ,harriet ,tubman from the citizens of
 ,maryland to the ,united ,states       
government to commemorate her work on   
behalf of civil rights and service to   
our ,nation4  #b4 ,agreement for        
acceptance of statue of ,harriet        
,tubman2 display of statue in ,capitol  
7a7 ,agreement with ,maryland           
,commission ,not later than #b years    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,joint ,committee on the      
,library shall enter into an agreement  
with the ,harriet ,tubman ,statue       
,commission of the ,state of ,maryland  
under which the ,commission shall       
provide1 and the ,joint ,committee shall
 accept1 a statue of ,harriet ,tubman1  
under such terms and conditions as the  
,joint ,committee and the ,commission   
consider appropriate4  7b7 ,display in  
,capitol ,after receiving the statue    
provided under the agreement entered    
into under subsection 7a71 the ,joint   
,committee on the ,library shall place  

the statue in a prominent permanent     
location in the ,united ,states         
,capitol4