[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1136

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the statue to the 
memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the 
             District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

   Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Carson, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
  Moulton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. McGovern) 
 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 remove the statue to the 
memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square 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 ``Albert Pike Statue Removal Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF STATUE OF ALBERT PIKE.

    (a) Removal.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, shall remove the statue to the 
memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the 
District of Columbia under the ``Joint Resolution Granting permission 
for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District 
of Columbia, in honor of the late Albert Pike.'', approved April 9, 
1898 (30 Stat. 737).
    (b) Relocation.--The Secretary of the Interior may donate the 
statue to a museum or other similar entity, as determined appropriate 
by the Secretary, to ensure its preservation and interpretation in an 
indoor setting. The recipient of the statue may not store, display, or 
exhibit the statue outside. If the statue is stored, displayed, or 
exhibited outside, ownership of the statue will revert back to the 
Federal Government.
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