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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3957 

To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate 

States of America from display in the Capitol of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2020 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SANDERS, 

Mr. BENNET, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. COONS, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served 

the Confederate States of America from display in the 

Capitol of the United States. 

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 Capitol of the United States that do not meet 

8 the requirements of section 1814 of the Revised 

9 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by sub10 section (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) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara18 graph (C), the Architect of the Capitol shall ar19 range to transfer and deliver any statue that is 

20 removed under this subsection to the Smithso21 nian Institution. 

22 (B) STORAGE OR DISPLAY OF STATUES.— 

23 The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti24 tution shall follow the policies and procedures 

25 of the Smithsonian Institution, as in effect on 


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1 the day before the date of enactment of this 

2 Act, regarding the storage and display of any 

3 statue transferred under subparagraph (A). 

4 (C) STATE REQUESTS.—A statue provided 

5 for display by a State that is removed under 

6 this subsection shall be returned to the State, 

7 and the ownership of the statue transferred to 

8 the State, if the State so requests and agrees 

9 to pay any costs related to the transportation of 

10 the statue to the State. 

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

12 has a statue removed under this subsection shall be 

13 able to replace such statue in accordance with the 

14 requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the 

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

16 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 

17 U.S.C. 2132). 

18 (4) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 

20 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 

21 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

22 appropriated, $5,000,000 to carry out this sec23 tion, including the costs related to the removal, 

24 transfer, security, storage, and display of the 


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1 statues described in paragraph (1)(A), of 

2 which— 

3 (i) $2,000,000 shall be made available 

4 to the Architect of the Capitol; and 

5 (ii) $3,000,000 shall be made avail6 able to the Smithsonian Institution. 

7 (B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro8 priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain 

9 available until expended. 

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