Emancipation Statue Removal Act
Summary
Emancipation Statue Removal Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia. Interior shall donate the Emancipation Memorial to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Memorial may not store, display, or exhibit the memorial outside, but if the memorial is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the memorial will revert back to the federal government.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Last action Feb 21, 2023
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Total actions
4
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Committee
2
Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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