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117TH 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 23, 2021 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. RASKIN, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

EVANS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

WELCH, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. BASS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. JONES, and Mr. BROWN) 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES. 

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

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

4 than persons who served voluntarily with the Confederate 

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

6 (b) STATUE REMOVAL PROCEDURES.— 

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

8 shall— 

9 (A) identify all statues on display in the 

10 United States Capitol that do not meet the re11 quirements of section 1814 of the Revised Stat12 utes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by subsection 

13 (a); and 

14 (B) subject to the approval of the Joint 

15 Committee on the Library of Congress, arrange 

16 for the removal of each such statue from the 

17 Capitol by not later than 120 days after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act. 

19 (2) REMOVAL AND RETURN OF STATUES.—In 

20 the case of a statue that is removed under this sub21 section which was provided for display by a State, 

22 the Architect of the Capitol shall arrange to transfer 

23 and deliver the statue and transfer ownership of the 

24 statue to the State if the State so requests and 

25 agrees to pay any costs related to the transportation 

26 of the statue to the State. 


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

2 has a statue removed under this subsection shall be 

3 able to replace such statue in accordance with the 

4 requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the 

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

6 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 

7 U.S.C. 2132). 

8 (4) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 

10 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 

11 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

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

13 the Capitol to carry out this section, including 

14 the costs related to the removal, transfer, secu15 rity, storage, and display of the statues de16 scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 

17 (B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro18 priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain 

19 available until expended. 

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