I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3701 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. WELCH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLI-
SON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. MICHELLE 
LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. EVANS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SMITH 
of Washington, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) 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 
Capitol of the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 
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 
Capitol of the United States that do not meet 
the requirements of section 1814 of the Revised 
Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by sub-
section (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) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), the Architect of the Capitol shall ar-
range to transfer and deliver any statue that is 
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removed under this subsection to the Smithso-
nian Institution. 
(B) STORAGE OR DISPLAY OF STATUES.— 
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution shall follow the policies and procedures 
of the Smithsonian Institution, as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, regarding the storage and display of any 
statue transferred under subparagraph (A). 
(C) STATE REQUESTS.—A statue provided 
for display by a State that is removed under 
this subsection shall be returned to the State, 
and the ownership of the statue transferred to 
the State, if the State so requests and agrees 
to pay any costs related to the transportation of 
the statue to the State. 
(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.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $5,000,000 to carry out this sec-
tion, including the costs related to the removal, 
transfer, security, storage, and display of the 
statues described in paragraph (1)(A), of 
which— 
(i) $2,000,000 shall be made available 
to the Architect of the Capitol; and 
(ii) $3,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to the Smithsonian Institution. 
(B) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
available until expended. 
Æ 
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