[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 970 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 970

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for the 
   removal of the monument to Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National 
                  Battlefield, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2019

    Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Raskin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for the 
   removal of the monument to Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National 
                  Battlefield, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL PLAN FOR MONUMENT.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall develop a plan for the removal of 
the monument to Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and make publicly 
available, a report describing the plan required under section 2 and a 
timeline for the removal of the monument in accordance with that plan.
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