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Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

Introduced: September 14, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 14, 2017
Introduced in House
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Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop a plan to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland.

Interior must submit to Congress a time line for the removal of such monument in accordance with the plan.

What's happening now September 22, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Delaney, John
· Sep 14, 2017
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 14, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3779: Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3779/
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"H.R. 3779: Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3779/.
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H.R. 3779, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3779/.
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