3.0.0 672 2023-01-11T13:46:59Z 2023-01-11T13:46:59Z House HR 2021-02-01 117 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2021-02-23T22:47:33Z Referred to 2021-02-01T20:03:40Z 2021-02-23 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Committee 2021-02-01 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2021-02-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-02-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Arts, Culture, Religion Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Historical and cultural resources Military history Monuments and memorials Racial and ethnic relations U.S. history Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-02-01 Introduced in House 2021-02-25T02:00:57Z Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act or the REFUSE Confederate Principles Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service (NPS), a program to be known as the Emancipation Historic Preservation Program to award grants to states and other eligible entities to

  • remove a Confederate symbol;
  • remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage;
  • remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage to commemorate or depict the freedom of enslaved African Americans; and
  • remove and transfer a Confederate symbol to a state historic preservation program.

Interior shall also provide technical assistance to eligible entities related to these activities.

None of the funds made available by this bill may be used by Interior, the NPS, or an eligible entity for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction, or new construction of a Confederate symbol.

]]> Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act Display Title Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to provide funds for the removal of Confederate symbols, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced REFUSE Confederate Principles Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr672ih/xml/BILLS-117hr672ih.xml 2021-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.