Confederate Monument Removal Act

Confederate Monument Removal Act

This bill prohibits a state from providing for display in National Statuary Hall a statue of a person who voluntarily served with the Confederate States of America, and it provides for the removal, return, and replacement of any statue currently on display that depicts such a person.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7217

    To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the 
    Confederate States of America from display in the United States 
                                Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2020

 Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
Carson of Indiana, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Adams, Mr. Richmond, 
  Mr. Payne, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Blunt 
Rochester, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Pressley, 
  Mr. Cooper, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jackson 
 Lee, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
  Rush, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Soto, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle 
  of Pennsylvania, Mr. Heck, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
Haaland, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Omar, Mrs. 
Davis of California, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Bass, Mr. Neguse, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
   Jeffries, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Swalwell of 
  California, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Speier, Mr. Welch, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. 
   Pocan, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the 
    Confederate States of America from display in the United States 
                                Capitol.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Confederate Monument Removal Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES.

    (a) Requirements.--Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 
2131) is amended by inserting ``(other than persons who served 
voluntarily with the Confederate States of America)'' after ``military 
services''.
    (b) Statue Removal Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol shall--
                    (A) identify all statues on display in the United 
                States Capitol that do not meet the requirements of 
                section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), 
                as amended by subsection (a); and
                    (B) subject to the approval of the Joint Committee 
                on the Library of Congress, arrange for the removal of 
                each such statue from the Capitol by not later than 120 
                days after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Removal and return of statues.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C), the 
                Architect of the Capitol shall arrange to transfer and 
                deliver any statue that is removed under this 
                subsection to the Smithsonian Institution.
                    (B) Storage or display of statues.--The Board of 
                Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall follow the 
                policies and procedures of the Smithsonian Institution, 
                as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
                this Act, regarding the storage and display of any 
                statue transferred under subparagraph (A).
                    (C) State requests.--A statue provided for display 
                by a State that is removed under this subsection shall 
                be returned to the State, and the ownership of the 
                statue transferred to the State, if the State so 
                requests and agrees to pay any costs related to the 
                transportation of the statue to the State.
            (3) Replacement of statues.--A State that has a statue 
        removed under this subsection shall be able to replace such 
        statue in accordance with the requirements and procedures of 
        section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) and 
        section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 
        (2 U.S.C. 2132).
            (4) Authorization and appropriations.--
                    (A) In general.--There are appropriated for the 
                fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, out of any money 
                in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000 
                to carry out this section, including the costs related 
                to the removal, transfer, security, storage, and 
                display of the statues described in paragraph (1)(A), 
                of which--
                            (i) $2,000,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Architect of the Capitol; and
                            (ii) $3,000,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Smithsonian Institution.
                    (B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated under 
                subparagraph (A) shall remain available until expended.
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