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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1248 

To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate 

States of America from display in the United States Capitol. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HOYER, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, and Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served 

the Confederate States of America from display in the 

United States Capitol. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confederate Monu5 ment Removal Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1814 of the Revised 

8 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other 


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1 than persons who served voluntarily with the Confederate 

2 States of America)’’ after ‘‘military services’’. 

3 (b) STATUE REMOVAL PROCEDURES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol 

5 shall— 

6 (A) identify all statues on display in the 

7 United States Capitol that do not meet the re8 quirements of section 1814 of the Revised Stat9 utes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by subsection 

10 (a); and 

11 (B) subject to the approval of the Joint 

12 Committee on the Library of Congress, arrange 

13 for the removal of each such statue from the 

14 Capitol by not later than 120 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (2) REMOVAL AND RETURN OF STATUES.— 

17 (A) RETURNING STATUES TO STATES.—In 

18 the case of a statue that is removed under this 

19 subsection which was provided for display by a 

20 State, the Architect of the Capitol shall arrange 

21 to transfer and deliver the statue and transfer 

22 ownership of the statue to the State if the State 

23 so requests and agrees to pay any costs related 

24 to the transportation of the statue to the State. 


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1 (B) OTHER SITUATIONS.—Any statue re2 moved under this subsection that is not trans3 ferred and delivered to a State in accordance 

4 with subparagraph (A) shall remain in the cus5 tody of the Architect of the Capitol. The Archi6 tect of the Capitol shall store the removed stat7 ue in a nonpublic location. 

8 (3) REPLACEMENT OF STATUES.—A State that 

9 has a statue removed under this subsection shall be 

10 able to replace such statue in accordance with the 

11 requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the 

12 Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) and section 311 of 

13 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 

14 U.S.C. 2132). 

15 (4) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 

17 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, 

18 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

19 appropriated, $2,000,000 to the Architect of 

20 the Capitol to carry out this section, including 

21 the costs related to the removal, transfer, secu22 rity, storage, and display of the statues de23 scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 


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1 (B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro2 priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain 

3 available until expended. 

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