Andrew Jackson Statue Removal Act

Bill: 117-hr-1365
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-25
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

District of Columbia

Monuments and memorials

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Andrew Jackson Statue Removal Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior to ensure that the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base is removed from Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia.</p> <p>Interior shall donate the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the statue and base may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outside, but if the statue is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the statue and marble base will revert back to the federal government.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1365 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2021 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Carson , and Mr. Lowenthal ) 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 Andrew Jackson statue and marble base in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Andrew Jackson Statue Removal Act . 2. Removal of Andrew Jackson Statue (a) Removal The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base is removed from Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia. (b) Donation The Secretary shall donate the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the statue and base may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outside. If the statue is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the statue and marble base will revert back to the Federal Government.