II 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7573 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 23, 2020 
Received 
AN ACT 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library 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 acces-
sible 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. 
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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 45 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Joint Committee on the Library 
shall remove 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 AND BUST. 
(a) REMOVAL.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee on the 
Library shall remove the statue of Charles Brantley 
Aycock, the statue of John Caldwell Calhoun, the statue 
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of James Paul Clarke, and the bust of John Cabell Breck-
inridge 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 and bust removed under sub-
section (a) in storage until the Architect and the State 
which provided the statue or bust arrange for the return 
of the statue or bust 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.— 
(A) IDENTIFICATION
BY
ARCHITECT
OF 
THE
CAPITOL.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall 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 
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(B) REMOVAL BY JOINT COMMITTEE ON 
THE LIBRARY.—The Joint Committee on the 
Library shall arrange for the removal of each 
statue identified by the Architect of the Capitol 
under subparagraph (B) from the Capitol by 
not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment 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 
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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.— 
(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. 
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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 
amounts so appropriated shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By ROBERT F. REEVES, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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