116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Monument from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
July 1, 2020
Ms. Norton (for herself and Ms. Gabbard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Monument 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,
This Act may be cited as the “Emancipation Statue Removal Act”.
SEC. 2. Removal of Emancipation Monument.
(a) Removal.—The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the Emancipation Monument is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia.
(b) Donation.—The Secretary shall donate the Emancipation Monument to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Monument may not store, display, or exhibit the monument outside. If the monument is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the monument will revert back to the Federal Government.