US Congress House Bill 7573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Engrossed on July 23 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-07-23 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Provides for the removal of certain statues and busts from display in the Capitol. The bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court chamber of the Capitol and replace it with a bust of Thurgood Marshall. The committee must remove the statues of Charles Brantley Aycock, John Caldwell Calhoun, and James Paul Clarke and the bust of John Cabell Breckinridge from areas of the Capitol accessible to the public. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) must store the statues and bust until it arranges their return to the states that provided them. Additionally, the bill prohibits the display of statues in National Statuary Hall of persons who served as officers or voluntarily with the Confederate States of America or of the military forces or government of a state while it was in rebellion against the United States; requires the AOC to identify such statues and the committee to arrange for their transfer and deliverance from the Capitol to the Smithsonian Institution; requires the Smithsonian to follow its preexisting policies and procedures regarding the storage and display of such transferred statues; requires each statue to be returned to the providing state, including its ownership, if the state requests and agrees to pay any transportation-related costs; and permits a state that has a statue removed to replace the statue.

To direct the Architect of the Capitol to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.

Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]

2020-07-22 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 156 (Y: 305 N: 113 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-23	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2020-07-22	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-22	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-22	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 305 - 113 (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H3658)
2020-07-22	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3668)
2020-07-22	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2020-07-22	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7573.
2020-07-22	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3657-3665)
2020-07-22	House	Mr. Butterfield moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-07-22	House	ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Butterfield asked unanimous consent that debate under claue 1(c) of rule XV on the motion to suspend the rules relating to H.R. 7573 be extended to one hour. Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2020-07-13	House	Introduced in House

HB6131 (Related) 2020-03-09 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB7217 (Related) 2020-06-15 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB3863 (Related) 2020-06-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SB4382 (Same As) 2020-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7573/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7573/BILLS-116hr7573ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7573/BILLS-116hr7573eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2020156