,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h1  
#bjbb,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mr4 
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice1 considered1 read  
the third time1 and passed  ,a ,,bill   
,to direct the ,joint ,committee of     
,congress on the ,library to remove the 
bust of ,roger ,brooke ,taney in the    
,old ,supreme ,court ,chamber of the    
,capitol and to obtain a bust of        
,thurgood ,marshall for installation in 
the ,capitol or on the ,capitol         
,grounds1 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 of     
,congress on the ,library 7referred to  
in this ,act as the ,joint ,committee7  
shall remove from public display the    
bust of ,roger ,brooke ,taney in the    
,old ,supreme ,court ,chamber of the    
,capitol and the plinth upon which the  
bust is placed4 ,the bust and plinth    
shall remain in the custody of the      
,senate ,curator4  7c7 ,bust of         
,thurgood ,marshall  7#a7 ,obtaining    
bust ,not later than #b years after the 
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,joint ,committee shall enter into an   
agreement to obtain a bust of ,thurgood 
,marshall1 under such terms and         
conditions as the ,joint ,committee     
considers appropriate and consistent    
with applicable law4  7#b7 ,placement   
7,a7 ,in general ,the ,architect of the 
,capitol1 under the direction of the    

,joint ,committee1 shall permanently    
install the bust obtained under         
paragraph 7#a7 in a prominent location  
in the ,capitol or on the ,united       
,states ,capitol ,grounds1 as described 
in section #eajb of title #dj1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7,b7 ,priority for      
location ,in determining the location   
for the permanent installation of the   
bust obtained under paragraph 7#a71 the 
,joint ,committee shall give priority to
 identifying an appropriate location    
near the ,old ,supreme ,court ,chamber  
of the ,capitol4