,,ii  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #djb  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!       
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,febru>y #ae1 #bjag,mr4
 ,van ,holl5 7= himself & ,mr4 ,c>d97   
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,rules
 & ,adm9i/ration  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct 
! ,jo9t ,committee on ! ,libr>y to ent] 
into an agreem5t ) ! ,h>riet ,tubman    
,/atue ,commission ( ! ,/ate ( ,m>yl& = 
! acceptance ( a /atue ( ,h>riet ,tubman
 = display 9 a prom95t location 9 !     
,unit$ ,/ates ,capitol4  #a4 ,f9d+s     
,congress f9ds ! foll[+3 7#a7 ,h>riet   
,tubman 0 born a slave "u ! giv5 "n     
,aram9ta ,ross 9 ,m>yl& 9 ab\t #ahbj4   
7#b7 ,beat5 sev]ely z a *ild1 %e suff]$ 
a traumatic head injury at ! h& ( a     
slave own] e>ly 9 h] life1 :i* caus$ a  
lifetime ( heada*es1 seizures1 & vision 
difficulties4  7#c7 ,9 #ahdi1 %e fl$    
nor? to fre$om & !n imm$iately return$  
to ,m>yl&1 risk+ h] life to free h]     
family4  7#d7 ,%e jo9$ ! ,und]gr\nd     
,railroad1 :i* 0 a secret network = free

 ,african-,am]icans & ,:ite sympa?iz]s  
:o help$ runaway slaves escape ! ,s\?4  
7#e7 ,%e became kn[n z ! ,moses to h] p 
z a conductor on ! ,und]gr\nd ,railroad1
 risk+ h] life "t & "t aga9 to return to
 ,m>yl& & lead slaves to fre$om4  7#f7  
,:5 ! ,civil ,w> began1 %e became a     
,union spy1 organiz+ an espionage       
network ( slaves & fre$m5 :o op]at$     
beh9d ,conf$]ate l9es4  7#g7 ,on sev]al 
occasions1 %e l$ milit>y raid+ p>ties & 
also t5d$ to ! ,union w\nd$ z an army   
nurse4  7#h7 ,aft] ! ,civil ,w>1 %e     
devot$ h]self to wom5's suffrage1 ! c>e 
( orphans & invalids1 & ! e/abli%m5t (  
fre$m5's s*ools4  7#i7 ,! ,/ate (       
,m>yl&1 :]e ,h>riet ,tubman 0 born1 has 
au?oriz$ a gift ( a /atue ( ,h>riet     
,tubman f ! citiz5s ( ,m>yl& to ! ,unit$
 ,/ates gov]nm5t to commemorate h] "w on
 behalf ( civil rights & s]vice to our  
,nation4  #b4 ,agreem5t = acceptance (  
/atue ( ,h>riet ,tubman2 display ( /atue
 9 ,capitol  7a7 ,agreem5t ) ,m>yl&     
,commission ,n lat] ?an #b ye>s aft] !  

date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,jo9t     
,committee on ! ,libr>y %all ent] into  
an agreem5t ) ! ,h>riet ,tubman ,/atue  
,commission ( ! ,/ate ( ,m>yl& "u :i* ! 
,commission %all provide1 & ! ,jo9t     
,committee %all accept1 a /atue (       
,h>riet ,tubman1 "u su* t]ms &          
conditions z ! ,jo9t ,committee & !     
,commission consid] appropriate4  7b7   
,display 9 ,capitol ,aft] receiv+ !     
/atue provid$ "u ! agreem5t ent]$ into  
"u subsection 7a71 ! ,jo9t ,committee on
 ! ,libr>y %all place ! /atue 9 a       
prom95t p]man5t location 9 ! ,unit$     
,/ates ,capitol4