Robert E. Lee Monument Removal Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7474 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7474

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Robert E. Lee 
   Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2024

Mr. Trone (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
 Ruppersberger, and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Robert E. Lee 
   Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Robert E. Lee Monument Removal 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Monument.--The term ``monument'' means the statue of 
        the Confederate General Robert E. Lee that stands on property, 
        known as the historic Newcomer House and Farmstead, acquired in 
        2005 by the National Park Service as part of the expansion of 
        Antietam National Battlefield.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF MONUMENT.

    (a) Removal.--As soon as practicable, the Secretary shall--
            (1) remove the monument from National Park Service property 
        for destruction pursuant to subsection (b); and
            (2) restore the site of the monument in a manner consistent 
        with the protection and interpretation of the Antietam National 
        Battlefield.
    (b) Destruction of Monument.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall procure the services 
        of a private entity to destroy the monument.
            (2) Sale of materials.--The Secretary may sell the raw 
        materials of the destroyed monument as scrap and may retain 
        such proceeds of such sale as may be necessary to offset the 
        costs of procuring services described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Status of materials.--For the purposes of subchapters 
        II and III of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United 
        States Code, the raw materials of the statue shall not be 
        considered ``excess property'' or ``surplus property''.
    (c) Plan.--Before removing the monument, and not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a 
plan with respect to removing and destroying the monument, including 
the timeline for removal.
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