US Congress House Bill 8095 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on August 22 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

REFUSE Confederate Principles Act Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act

Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2020-08-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2020-08-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8095/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8095/BILLS-116hr8095ih.pdf