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Confederate Monument Removal Act

Introduced: February 23, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Feb 23, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced in House
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Confederate Monument Removal Act

This bill prohibits a state from providing for display in National Statuary Hall a statue of a person who voluntarily served with the Confederate States of America, and it provides for the removal, return, and replacement of any statue currently on display that depicts such a person.

What's happening now February 23, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 366 Identical bill Confederate Monument Removal Act
  • S 2366 Related bill A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Su…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 19
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 24, 2021
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Feb 23, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Feb 23, 2021
COOPER, JAMES
· Feb 23, 2021
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 23, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Feb 23, 2021
Demings, Val
· Feb 23, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 23, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 23, 2021
Maloney, Sean
· Feb 23, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 23, 2021
Speier, Jackie
· Feb 23, 2021
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 23, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 23, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1248: Confederate Monument Removal Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1248/
MLA
"H.R. 1248: Confederate Monument Removal Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1248/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1248, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1248/.
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[H.R. 1248: Confederate Monument Removal Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1248/)
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