,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #agh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,mr4
 ,norcross submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,house ,administration    
,,resolution  ,directing the ,fine ,arts
 ,board to accept the gift of a portrait
 of ,alice ,paul for placement in the   
,house of ,representatives wing of the  
,united ,states ,capitol or an office   
building of the ,house1 and directing   
the ,architect of the ,capitol to place 
the portrait in a suitable permanent    
location4  ,whereas ,alice ,paul was a  
leader in the women's suffrage movement 
in the ,united ,states1 worked for two  
years with the ,national ,american      
,woman ,suffrage ,association1 cofounded
 the ,congressional ,union seeking a    
,federal constitutional amendment for   
women's suffrage1 and in #aiaf1 formed  
the ,national ,woman's ,party2 ,whereas1
 in #aibj1 ,alice ,paul was instrumental
 in the passage and ratification of the 

#aith ,amendment1 which prohibited      
denying any citizen the right to vote on
 the basis of sex2 ,whereas1 in #aibc1  
,alice ,paul penned the ,equal ,rights  
,amendment1 which was introduced in     
every congressional term between #aibc  
and #aigb2 ,whereas ,alice ,paul        
continued to advocate on behalf of women
 until her death on ,july #i1 #aigg2 and
 ,whereas ,alice ,paul was a driving    
force behind the attainment of women's  
suffrage and the national movement      
toward equality for women3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives-- 7#a7 directs the     
,fine ,arts ,board to accept the gift of
 a portrait of ,alice ,paul for         
placement in the ,house of              
,representatives wing of the ,united    
,states ,capitol or an office building  
of the ,house2 and  7#b7 directs the    
,architect of the ,capitol to place the 
portrait in a suitable permanent        
location4