H.F. 2059 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 303.90 Legislative intent. 1 It is the intent of the general assembly to exchange the 2 statues of Samuel Kirkwood and James Harlan, both currently on 3 display in the United States capitol, with statues of Alexander 4 Clarke and Norman Borlaug. 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 303.91 Committees —— membership and 6 organization. 7 1. Two committees are created and charged with organizing 8 and raising the funds necessary to exchange Iowa’s statues on 9 display in the United States capitol with alternative statues. 10 a. A committee of seven is created, to be appointed by 11 the governor and to serve at the pleasure of the governor, to 12 exchange the Kirkwood statue currently on display in the United 13 States capitol with a statue of Alexander Clarke. 14 b. A committee of seven is created, to be appointed by 15 the governor and to serve at the pleasure of the governor, to 16 exchange the Harlan statue currently on display in the United 17 States capitol with a statue of Norman Borlaug. 18 2. Each committee shall annually select its own chairperson 19 and establish its rules of procedure. Each committee shall 20 meet as may be deemed necessary by the chairperson. A majority 21 of the members of each committee shall constitute a quorum. 22 3. Members shall serve without compensation or 23 reimbursement for actual expenses. 24 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 303.92 Powers and duties. 25 Each of the committees shall: 26 1. Raise all of the funds necessary for the operation of the 27 committee. 28 2. Solicit donations to exchange the statue, commission the 29 creation of a new statue, and make all arrangements with the 30 architect of the United States capitol necessary for the new 31 statue to be put into place. 32 3. Provide for the display of the statue, displaced from the 33 United States capitol in the rotunda of the Iowa capitol, for 34 a minimum period of ten years. 35 -1- LSB 5466HH (7) 83 jr/rj 1/ 3

H.F. 2059 4. Provide for a perpetual display of the statue displaced 1 from the United States capitol at a suitable location within 2 Iowa, following the statue’s display in the Iowa capitol. 3 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 303.93 Duties of the department. 4 The department of cultural affairs shall provide all 5 necessary administrative support for each of the committees and 6 shall administer the capitol statuary fund. 7 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 303.94 Capitol statuary fund. 8 A capitol statuary fund is created in the state treasury, 9 to be administered by the department of cultural affairs. The 10 proceeds of the fund shall be used for the purposes specified 11 in section 303.92 and for the perpetual care of all four 12 statues. The department may accept gifts, bequests, other 13 moneys, including but not limited to state or federal moneys, 14 and in-kind contributions for deposit in the fund. The gifts, 15 grants, bequests from public and private sources, state and 16 federal moneys, and other moneys received by the department 17 shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, 18 interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited 19 to the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended or 20 unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the 21 fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state, 22 but shall remain available for expenditure from the fund by the 23 department in succeeding fiscal years. 24 EXPLANATION 25 Under federal law each state is allowed to place two statues 26 of its noted personages in statuary hall in the U.S. capitol. 27 Federal legislation enacted in 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-554, 28 provides that any state may request the joint committee on the 29 library of congress to approve the replacement of a statue the 30 state has provided for display in statuary hall in the U.S. 31 capitol. 32 This bill provides for the exchange of the statues of Samuel 33 Kirkwood and James Harlan, with statues of Alexander Clarke and 34 Norman Borlaug. 35 -2- LSB 5466HH (7) 83 jr/rj 2/ 3

H.F. 2059 The bill creates two seven-member committees which are 1 responsible for raising, through donations, all funds necessary 2 to make these changes. The committee members will not receive 3 any compensation or reimbursement. Staff support is provided 4 by the department of cultural affairs. 5 The bill creates a capitol statuary fund in the state 6 treasury, administered by the department of cultural affairs. 7 The fund will finance committee operations, the change in 8 statuary, and provide for the perpetual care of all four 9 statues. 10 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was Iowa’s civil war governor, 11 also serving in the U.S. Senate and as the U.S. secretary 12 of the interior in 1881-1882. James Harlan was Iowa’s first 13 superintendent of public instruction, a U.S. senator, and U.S. 14 secretary of the department of the interior. Alexander G. 15 Clark, the son of emancipated slaves, was a lawyer, newspaper 16 editor, and civil rights advocate; in addition, Clark served as 17 the U.S. minister to Liberia. Geneticist Dr. Norman E. Borlaug 18 developed strains of high-yield wheat and received the Nobel 19 Peace Prize as father of the “Green Revolution”. 20 -3- LSB 5466HH (7) 83 jr/rj 3/ 3