Emancipation Statue Removal Act

Bill: 116-hr-7466
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

District of Columbia

Monuments and memorials

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Racial and ethnic relations

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Emancipation Statue Removal Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior to ensure that the Emancipation Monument is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia.</p> <p> Interior shall donate the Emancipation Monument to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Monument may not store, display, or exhibit the monument outside, but if the monument is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the monument will revert back to the federal government.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7466 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2020 Ms. Norton (for herself and Ms. Gabbard ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Monument from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Emancipation Statue Removal Act . 2. Removal of Emancipation Monument (a) Removal The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the Emancipation Monument is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia. (b) Donation The Secretary shall donate the Emancipation Monument to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Monument may not store, display, or exhibit the monument outside. If the monument is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the monument will revert back to the Federal Government.