I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3005 
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 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 
MAY 7, 2021 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COOPER, 
Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MFUME, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
TRONE, and Mr. SARBANES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
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 
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from display in the United States Capitol, and for other 
purposes. 
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. 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 voluntarily in the military forces 
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or government of the Confederate States of America or 
in 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). 
(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 (A) from any area of the 
United States Capitol which is accessible to the 
public by not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) RETURN OF STATUES.—A statue which is 
removed under this subsection and which was pro-
vided for display by a State shall be returned to the 
State, and the ownership of the statue transferred to 
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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 may re-
place such statue in accordance with the require-
ments 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). 
(c) STORAGE.—The Architect of the Capitol shall 
keep any statue removed under this section in storage 
pending the return of the statue to the State. 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN OTHER STATUES AND 
BUSTS. 
(a) CONFEDERATE STATUES AND BUSTS.— 
(1) REMOVAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint 
Committee on the Library, together with the Cura-
tor of the House of Representatives or the Curator 
of the Senate (as the case may be), shall remove all 
Confederate statues and Confederate busts from any 
area of the United States Capitol which is accessible 
to the public. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.— 
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(A) CONFEDERATE STATUE.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Confederate statue’’ means a 
statue which was provided by a State for dis-
play in the United States Capitol that depicts— 
(i) any individual who served volun-
tarily at any time as a member of the 
Armed Forces of the Confederate States of 
America or of the military of a State while 
the State was in open rebellion against the 
United States; or 
(ii) any individual who served as an 
official of the Government of the Confed-
erate States of America or as an official of 
a State while the State was in open rebel-
lion against the United States. 
(B) CONFEDERATE
BUST.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Confederate bust’’ means a 
bust which depicts an individual described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A). 
(b) OTHER STATUES.—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, and the 
statue of James Paul Clarke from any area of the United 
State Capitol which is accessible to the public. 
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