I 
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 Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served 
the Confederate States of America from display in the 
United States Capitol. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confederate Monu-
ment Removal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1814 of the Revised 
Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other 
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than persons who served voluntarily with the Confederate 
States of America)’’ after ‘‘military services’’. 
(b) STATUE REMOVAL PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall— 
(A) identify all statues on display in the 
United States Capitol that do not meet the re-
quirements of section 1814 of the Revised Stat-
utes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by subsection 
(a); and 
(B) subject to the approval of the Joint 
Committee on the Library of Congress, arrange 
for the removal of each such statue from the 
Capitol by not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) REMOVAL AND RETURN OF STATUES.— 
(A) RETURNING STATUES TO STATES.—In 
the case of a statue that is removed under this 
subsection which was provided for display by a 
State, the Architect of the Capitol shall arrange 
to transfer and deliver the statue and transfer 
ownership of the statue to the State if the State 
so requests and agrees to pay any costs related 
to the transportation of the statue to the State. 
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(B) OTHER SITUATIONS.—Any statue re-
moved under this subsection that is not trans-
ferred and delivered to a State in accordance 
with subparagraph (A) shall remain in the cus-
tody of the Architect of the Capitol. The Archi-
tect of the Capitol shall store the removed stat-
ue in a nonpublic location. 
(3) REPLACEMENT OF STATUES.—A State that 
has a statue removed under this subsection shall be 
able to replace such statue in accordance with the 
requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the 
Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) and section 311 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 
U.S.C. 2132). 
(4) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $2,000,000 to the Architect of 
the Capitol to carry out this section, including 
the costs related to the removal, transfer, secu-
rity, storage, and display of the statues de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 
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