[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1164 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1164

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation 
 Memorial from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2021

 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation 
 Memorial from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia, 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 ``Emancipation Statue Removal Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL.

    (a) Removal.--The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the 
Emancipation Memorial is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of 
Columbia.
    (b) Donation.--The Secretary 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 Emancipation Memorial 
outside. If the Emancipation Memorial is stored, displayed, or 
exhibited outside, ownership of the Emancipation Memorial will revert 
back to the Federal Government.
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