,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,cardin1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7      
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 ,library1 in          
accordance with section #ahca of the    
,revised ,statutes1 to accept a statue  
depicting ,harriet ,tubman from the     
,harriet ,tubman ,statue ,commission of 
,maryland and display the statue in a   
prominent location in the ,capitol4  #a4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3 7#a7 ,harriet ,tubman was    
born into slavery 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 of
 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 ,harriet 

,tubman ,statue ,commission of ,maryland
 has authorized a gift of a statue of   
,harriet ,tubman 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 ,authorization ,not later than #b   
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,joint ,committee on the 
,library shall accept from the ,harriet 
,tubman ,statue ,commission of ,maryland
 the donation of a statue depicting     
,harriet ,tubman1 subject to the terms  
and conditions that the ,joint          
,committee considers appropriate4  7b7  
,display in ,capitol ,after receiving   
the statue provided under the agreement 
entered into under subsection 7a71 the  
,architect of the ,capitol1 under the   
direction of the ,joint ,committee on   
the ,library1 shall place the statue in 
a prominent permanent location in the   
,capitol4  7c7 ,costs ,all costs        

associated with the donation1 including 
transportation of the statue to1 and    
placement in1 the ,capitol1 shall be    
paid by the ,harriet ,tubman ,statue    
,commission of ,maryland4