H.R.4135 - 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.116th Congress (2019-2020) |

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.

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. Removal of Statue of Albert Pike.

(a) Findings.—Congress finds as follows:

(1) The Supreme Council of the Inspectors-General of the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America supports the removal of the statue to the memory of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia due to its divisive nature.

(2) The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Council of the District of Columbia support the removal of the Albert Pike statue from its current location.

(b) Removal.—After non-Federal funds are made available for this purpose, the Secretary of the Interior 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).

(c) No use of Federal funds.—No Federal funds may be used to carry out this Act.