,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjai,ms4 ,plaskett introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to permit the ,district of
 ,columbia and each of the territories  
of the ,united ,states to provide and   
furnish statues honoring their citizens 
for placement in ,statuary ,hall in the 
same manner as statues honoring citizens
 of the ,states are provided for        
placement in ,statuary ,hall4  #a4      
,placement of statues of citizens of    
,district of ,columbia and territories  
in ,statuary ,hall  7a7 ,in general     
,section #ahad of the ,revised ,statutes
 of the ,united ,states 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#baca7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new sentence3 ,for        
purposes of this section1 the term      
,state includes ,american ,samoa1 the   
,district of ,columbia1 ,guam1 the      
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 

,islands1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto  
,rico1 and the ,united ,states ,virgin  
,islands1 and the term citizen includes 
a national of the ,united ,states1 as   
defined in section #aja7;a77#bb7 of the 
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#bb7744  7b7        
,conforming amendment relating to       
procedures for replacement of statues   
,section #caa of the ,legislative       
,branch ,appropriations ,act1 #bjja 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #bacb7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following new subsection3  
7f7 ,for purposes of this section-- 7#a7
 the term ,state includes ,american     
,samoa1 the ,district of ,columbia1     
,guam1 the ,commonwealth of the         
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 the        
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 and the 
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands2 and   
7#b7 in the case of the ,district of    
,columbia1 the ,council of the ,district
 of ,columbia shall be treated as the   
legislature and the ,mayor of the       
,district of ,columbia shall be treated 

as the ,governor4  4