To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6912.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 215, January 3, 2024, Page H7030):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6912, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c32a8147143be42712f7d072d21e7bfbd1d92b77ecb6162dc7266ddca7b3ac38

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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