Supporting the designation of September 2023 as "National Recovery Month".
- Last Action
- 9/29/2023
Actions
- 2023-02-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- 2023-02-01Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2023-02-01Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E81-82)
- 2023-02-01Introduced in House
- 2023-02-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-01 (00)
Emancipation Statue Removal Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Memorial 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 (7)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
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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