117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from changing the names of certain memorials or move any statues related to certain wars, and for other purposes.
March 1, 2021
Mr. Carl introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from changing the names of certain memorials or move any statues related to certain wars, 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 “American Heritage Protection Act of 2021”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on changing names and moving statues.
The Secretary of the Interior shall not—
(1) change the name of or alter in any way—
(A) the Lincoln Memorial;
(B) the Jefferson Memorial;
(C) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial;
(D) the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial;
(E) the Theodore Roosevelt Island; or
(F) the Washington Monument; or
(2) move, or alter in any way, any statue located on Federal land related to—
(A) the War of 1812;
(B) the Civil War; or
(C) the Revolutionary War.