,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bh1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,booker 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 and ,mr4 
,welch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,rules and               
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to remove  
all statues of individuals who          
voluntarily served the ,confederate     
,states of ,america from display in the 
,united ,states ,capitol4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,confederate ,monument ,removal ,act4   
#b4 ,requirements and removal procedures
  7a7 ,requirements ,section #ahad of   
the ,revised ,statutes 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#baca7 is amended by inserting 7other   
than persons who served voluntarily with
 the ,confederate ,states of ,america7  
after military services4  7b7 ,statue   
removal procedures  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,architect of the ,capitol shall-- 
7,a7 identify all statues on display in 

the ,united ,states ,capitol that do not
 meet the requirements of section #ahad 
of the ,revised ,statutes 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#baca71 as amended by subsection 7a72   
and  7,b7 subject to the approval of the
 ,joint ,committee on the ,library of   
,congress1 arrange for the removal of   
each such statue from the ,united       
,states ,capitol by not later than #abj 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act4  7#b7 ,removal and return of     
statues  7,a7 ,returning statues to     
,states ,in the case of a statue that is
 removed under this subsection which was
 provided for display by a ,state1 the  
,architect of the ,capitol shall arrange
 to transfer and deliver the statue1 and
 transfer ownership of the statue1 to   
the ,state if the ,state so requests and
 agrees to pay any costs related to the 
transportation of the statue to the     
,state4  7,b7 ,other situations ,any    
statue removed under this subsection    
that is not transferred and delivered to
 a ,state in accordance with            

subparagraph 7,a7 shall remain in the   
custody of the ,architect of the        
,capitol4 ,the ,architect of the        
,capitol shall store the removed statue 
in a nonpublic location4  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  
#bjbc1 out of any money in the ,treasury
 not otherwise appropriated1 #b1jjj1jjj 
to the ,architect of the ,capitol to    
carry out this section1 including the   
costs related to the removal1 transfer1 
security1 and storage of the statues    
described in paragraph 7#a77;,a74  7,b7 
,availability ,amounts appropriated     

under subparagraph 7,a7 shall remain    
available until expended4