,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dchb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,van ,hollen1 and ,mr4 ,booker7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,joint      
,committee on the ,library to replace   
the bust of ,roger ,brooke ,taney in the
 ,old ,supreme ,court ,chamber of the   
,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      
,capitol which are accessible to the    
public1 to remove all statues of        
individuals who voluntarily served the  
,confederate ,states of ,america from   
display in the ,capitol1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,replacement of bust of  
,roger ,brooke ,taney with bust of      
,thurgood ,marshall  7a7 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     

,while sitting in the ,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    
,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 
,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 ,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  7b7 ,removal of bust of      
,roger ,brooke ,taney ,not later than   
#de days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,joint ,committee on the 
,library shall remove the bust of ,roger
 ,brooke ,taney that is in the ,old     
,supreme ,court ,chamber of the         
,capitol4  7c7 ,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 appropriate        
consistent with applicable law4  7#b7   
,placement ,the ,joint ,committee on the

 ,library shall place the bust obtained 
under paragraph 7#a7 in the location in 
the ,old ,supreme ,court ,chamber of the
 ,capitol where the bust of ,roger      
,brooke ,taney was located prior to     
removal under subsection 7b74  #b4      
,removal of certain statues and bust    
7a7 ,removal ,not later than #de days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,joint ,committee on the      
,library shall remove the statue of     
,charles ,brantley ,aycock1 the statue  
of ,john ,caldwell ,calhoun1 the statue 
of ,james ,paul ,clarke1 and the bust of
 ,john ,cabell ,breckinridge from any   
area of the ,capitol which is accessible
 to the public4  7b7 ,storage of statues
 ,the ,architect of the ,capitol shall  
keep any statue and bust removed under  
subsection 7a7 in storage until the     
,architect and the ,state which provided
 the statue or bust arrange for the     
return of the statue or bust to the     
,state4  #c4 ,requirements and removal  
procedures for statues in ,national     

,statuary ,hall  7a7 ,requirements      
,section #ahad of the ,revised ,statutes
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #baca7 is amended by     
inserting 7other than persons who served
 as an officer or voluntarily served in 
any other position in the ,confederate  
,states of ,america or in the military  
forces or government of a ,state while  
the ,state was in rebellion against the 
,united ,states7 after military         
services4  7b7 ,statue removal          
procedures  7#a7 ,in general  7,a7      
,identification by ,architect of the    
,capitol ,the ,architect of the ,capitol
 shall identify all statues on display  
in the ,capitol that do not meet the    
requirements of section #ahad of the    
,revised ,statutes 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #baca71
 as amended by subsection 7a74  7,b7    
,removal by ,joint ,committee on the    
,library ,the ,joint ,committee on the  
,library shall arrange for the removal  
of each statue identified by the        
,architect of the ,capitol under        
subparagraph 7,a7 from the ,capitol by  

not later than #abj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act4  7#b7        
,removal and return of statues  7,a7 ,in
 general ,subject to subparagraph 7,c71 
the ,architect of the ,capitol shall    
arrange to transfer and deliver any     
statue that is removed under this       
subsection to the ,smithsonian          
,institution4  7,b7 ,storage or display 
of statues ,the ,board of ,regents of   
the ,smithsonian ,institution shall     
follow the policies and procedures of   
the ,smithsonian ,institution1 as in    
effect on the day before the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 regarding the   
storage and display of any statue       
transferred under subparagraph 7,a74    
7,c7 ,state requests ,a statue provided 
for display by a ,state that is removed 
under this subsection shall be returned 
to the ,state1 and the ownership of the 
statue transferred to the ,state1 if the
 ,state so requests and agrees to pay   
any costs related to the transportation 
of the statue to the ,state4  7#c7      

,replacement of statues ,a ,state that  
has a statue removed under this         
subsection shall be able to replace such
 statue in accordance with the          
requirements and procedures of section  
#ahad of the ,revised ,statutes 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #baca7 and section #caa of the
 ,legislative ,branch ,appropriations   
,act1 #bjja 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #bacb74  7#d7 
,authorization and appropriations  7,a7 
,in general ,there are appropriated for 
the fiscal year ending ,september #cj1  
#bjba1 out of any money in the ,treasury
 not otherwise appropriated1 #e1jjj1jjj 
to carry out this section1 including the
 costs related to the removal1 transfer1
 security1 storage1 and display of the  
statues described in paragraph          
7#a77;,a71 of which-- 7i7 #b1jjj1jjj    
shall be made available to the          
,architect of the ,capitol2 and  7ii7   
#c1jjj1jjj shall be made available to   
the ,smithsonian ,institution4  7,b7    
,availability ,amounts appropriated     
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall remain    

available until expended4  #d4          
,authorization of appropriations ,in    
addition to the amounts appropriated    
under section #c7;b77#d71 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  
#e4 ,determination of budgetary effects 
,the budgetary effects of this ,act1 for
 the purpose of complying with the      
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj1 shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled          
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   
for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,senate 
,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4