Emancipation Statue Removal Act
- Last Action
- 3/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2021-02-18Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2021-02-18Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E138)
- 2021-02-18Introduced in House
- 2021-02-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-18 (00)
Emancipation Statue Removal Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to ensure that the Emancipation Memorial is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia.
Interior shall donate the Emancipation Memorial to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Memorial may not store, display, or exhibit the memorial outside, but if the memorial is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the memorial will revert back to the federal government.
Cosponsors (6)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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