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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 20, 2012
Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 6336
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the President signed into law:
H.R. 6336, which directs the congressional Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue of Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia for placement in Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol Visitor Center.