HR 8095
116th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Art, artists, authorship
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Historical and cultural resources
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
REFUSE Confederate Principles Act
Introduced: August 22, 2020
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Passed House
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Became law
Sep 10, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Aug 22, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Aug 22, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act or the REFUSE Confederate Principles Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service (NPS), a program to be known as the Emancipation Historic Preservation Program to award grants to states and other eligible entities to
- remove a Confederate symbol;
- remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage;
- remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage to commemorate or depict the freedom of enslaved African Americans; and
- remove and transfer a Confederate symbol to a state historic preservation program.
Interior shall also provide technical assistance to eligible entities related to these activities.
None of the funds made available by this bill may be used by Interior, the NPS, or an eligible entity for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction, or new construction of a Confederate symbol.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
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