I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7573 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to replace the bust of Roger Brooke 
Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol 
with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee 
on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United 
States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues 
of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America 
from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2020 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. BUTTERFIELD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to replace the bust 
of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Cham-
ber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood 
Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the 
Library and to remove certain statues from areas of 
the United States Capitol which are accessible to the 
public, to remove all statues of individuals who volun-
tarily served the Confederate States of America from 
display in the United States Capitol, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF BUST OF ROGER BROOKE 
TANEY WITH BUST OF THURGOOD MAR-
SHALL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) While sitting in the United States Capitol, 
the Supreme Court issued the infamous Dred Scott 
v. Sandford decision on March 6, 1857. Written by 
Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, whose bust sits 
inside the entrance to the Old Supreme Court 
Chamber in the United States Capitol, this opinion 
declared that African Americans were not citizens of 
the United States and could not sue in Federal 
courts. This decision further declared that Congress 
did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the 
territories. 
(2) Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney’s author-
ship of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the effects of which 
would only be overturned years later by the ratifica-
tion of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the 
Constitution of the United States, renders a bust of 
his likeness unsuitable for the honor of display to 
the many visitors to the United States Capitol. 
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(3) As Frederick Douglass said of this decision 
in May 1857, ‘‘This infamous decision of the Slave-
holding wing of the Supreme Court maintains that 
slaves are within the contemplation of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, property; that slaves are 
property in the same sense that horses, sheep, and 
swine are property; that the old doctrine that slavery 
is a creature of local law is false; that the right of 
the slaveholder to his slave does not depend upon 
the local law, but is secured wherever the Constitu-
tion of the United States extends; that Congress has 
no right to prohibit slavery anywhere; that slavery 
may go in safety anywhere under the star-spangled 
banner; that colored persons of African descent have 
no rights that white men are bound to respect; that 
colored men of African descent are not and cannot 
be citizens of the United States.’’. 
(4) While the removal of Chief Justice Roger 
Brooke Taney’s bust from the United States Capitol 
does not relieve the Congress of the historical 
wrongs it committed to protect the institution of 
slavery, it expresses Congress’s recognition of one of 
the most notorious wrongs to have ever taken place 
in one of its rooms, that of Chief Justice Roger 
Brooke Taney’s Dred Scott v. Sandford decision. 
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(b) REMOVAL
OF
BUST
OF
ROGER
BROOKE 
TANEY.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall re-
move the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme 
Court Chamber of the United States Capitol. 
(c) REPLACEMENT WITH BUST OF THURGOOD MAR-
SHALL.— 
(1) OBTAINING BUST.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint 
Committee on the Library shall enter into an agree-
ment to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall, under 
such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee 
considers appropriate consistent with applicable law. 
(2) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee on the 
Library shall place the bust obtained under para-
graph (1) in the location in the Old Supreme Court 
Chamber of the United States Capitol where the 
bust of Roger Brooke Taney was located prior to re-
moval by the Architect of the Capitol under sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN STATUES. 
(a) REMOVAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol 
shall remove the statue of Charles Brantley Aycock, the 
statute of John Caldwell Calhoun, and the statue of James 
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Paul Clarke from any area of the United States Capitol 
which is accessible to the public. 
(b) STORAGE OF STATUES.—The Architect of the 
Capitol shall keep any statue removed under subsection 
(a) in storage until the Architect and the State which pro-
vided the statue arrange for the return of the statue to 
the State. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR 
STATUES IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1814 of the Revised 
Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other 
than persons who served as an officer or voluntarily with 
the Confederate States of America or of the military forces 
or government of a State while the State was in rebellion 
against the United States)’’ 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 of Congress on the Library, arrange 
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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 
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 
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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, 2021, 
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. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to the amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 3(b)(4), there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, and any 
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amounts so appropriated shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
Æ 
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