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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. 

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. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 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 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confederate Monu3 ment Removal Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES. 

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

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

7 than persons who served voluntarily with the Confederate 

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

9 (b) STATUE REMOVAL PROCEDURES.— 

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

11 shall— 

12 (A) identify all statues on display in the 

13 United States Capitol that do not meet the re14 quirements of section 1814 of the Revised Stat15 utes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by subsection 

16 (a); and 

17 (B) subject to the approval of the Joint 

18 Committee on the Library of Congress, arrange 

19 for the removal of each such statue from the 

20 Capitol by not later than 120 days after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act. 

22 (2) REMOVAL AND RETURN OF STATUES.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara24 graph (C), the Architect of the Capitol shall ar25 range to transfer and deliver any statue that is 


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1 removed under this subsection to the Smithso2 nian Institution. 

3 (B) STORAGE OR DISPLAY OF STATUES.— 

4 The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti5 tution shall follow the policies and procedures 

6 of the Smithsonian Institution, as in effect on 

7 the day before the date of enactment of this 

8 Act, regarding the storage and display of any 

9 statue transferred under subparagraph (A). 

10 (C) STATE REQUESTS.—A statue provided 

11 for display by a State that is removed under 

12 this subsection shall be returned to the State, 

13 and the ownership of the statue transferred to 

14 the State, if the State so requests and agrees 

15 to pay any costs related to the transportation of 

16 the statue to the State. 

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

18 has a statue removed under this subsection shall be 

19 able to replace such statue in accordance with the 

20 requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the 

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

22 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 

23 U.S.C. 2132). 

24 (4) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 

2 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 

3 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

4 appropriated, $5,000,000 to carry out this sec5 tion, including the costs related to the removal, 

6 transfer, security, storage, and display of the 

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

8 which— 

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

10 to the Architect of the Capitol; and 

11 (ii) $3,000,000 shall be made avail12 able to the Smithsonian Institution. 

13 (B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro14 priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain 

15 available until expended. 

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