[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 729 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 729

  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 1, 2023

   Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
    Blumenauer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Grijalva) 
 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 remove the 
Emancipation Memorial 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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