,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #b1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and ,mr4 
,van ,hollen7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,library1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,while sitting in the   
,united ,states ,capitol1 the ,supreme  
,court issued the infamous ,dred ,scott 
v4 ,sandford decision on ,march #f1     
#aheg4 ,written by ,chief ,justice      
,roger ,brooke ,taney1 whose bust sits  
inside the entrance to the ,old ,supreme
 ,court ,chamber in the ,united ,states 
,capitol1 this opinion declared that    

,african ,americans were not citizens of
 the ,united ,states and could not sue  
in ,federal courts4 ,this decision      
further declared that ,congress did not 
have the authority to prohibit slavery  
in the territories4  7#b7 ,chief        
,justice ,roger ,brooke ,taney's        
authorship of ,dred ,scott v4 ,sandford1
 the effects of which would only be     
overturned years later by the           
ratification of the #acth1 #adth1 and   
#aeth ,amendments to the ,constitution  
of the ,united ,states1 renders a bust  
of his likeness unsuitable for the honor
 of display to the many visitors to the 
,united ,states ,capitol4  7#c7 ,as     
,frederick ,douglass said of this       
decision in ,may #aheg1 ,this infamous  
decision of the ,slaveholding wing of   
the ,supreme ,court maintains that      
slaves are within the contemplation of  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 property2 that slaves are      
property in the same sense that horses1 
sheep1 and swine are property2 that the 

old doctrine that slavery is a creature 
of local law is false2 that the right of
 the slaveholder to his slave does not  
depend upon the local law1 but is       
secured wherever the ,constitution of   
the ,united ,states extends2 that       
,congress has no right to prohibit      
slavery anywhere2 that slavery may go in
 safety anywhere under the star-spangled
 banner2 that colored persons of        
,african descent have no rights that    
white men are bound to respect2 that    
colored men of ,african descent are not 
and cannot be citizens of the ,united   
,states44  7#d7 ,while the removal of   
,chief ,justice ,roger ,brooke ,taney's 
bust from the ,united ,states ,capitol  
does not relieve the ,congress of the   
historical wrongs it committed to       
protect the institution of slavery1 it  
expresses ,congress's recognition of one
 of the most notorious wrongs to have   
ever taken place in one of its rooms1   
that of ,chief ,justice ,roger ,brooke  
,taney's ,dred ,scott v4 ,sandford      

decision4  #b4 ,replacement of bust of  
,roger ,brooke ,taney with bust of      
,thurgood ,marshall  7a7 ,removal of    
bust of ,roger ,brooke ,taney ,not later
 than #cj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,architect  
of the ,capitol shall remove the bust of
 ,roger ,brooke ,taney from the ,old    
,supreme ,court ,chamber of the ,united 
,states ,capitol4  7b7 ,replacement with
 bust of ,thurgood ,marshall  7#a7      
,obtaining bust ,not later than #b years
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,joint ,committee on the      
,library shall enter into an agreement  
to obtain a bust of ,thurgood ,marshall1
 under such terms and conditions as the 
,joint ,committee considers appropriate1
 consistent with applicable law4  7#b7  
,placement ,the ,architect of the       
,capitol1 under the direction of the    
,joint ,committee on the ,library1 shall
 place the bust obtained under paragraph
 7#a7 in the location in the ,old       
,supreme ,court ,chamber of the ,united 

,states ,capitol where the bust of      
,roger ,brooke ,taney was located prior 
to removal by the ,architect of the     
,capitol under subsection 7a74  7c7     
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated such  
sums as may be necessary to carry out   
this ,act1 and any amounts so           
appropriated shall remain available     
until expended4