H.R. 7573To direct the Joint Committee on the Library 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 Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor: Steny H. Hoyer [D-MD-05]
Cosponsors: 16 · 16 Democrats
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Committee on House Administration
Latest action: Jul 23, 2020 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedJul 13, 2020
Passed the HouseJul 22, 2020
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What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill provides for the removal of certain statues and busts from display in the Capitol.

The bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court chamber of the Capitol and replace it with a bust of Thurgood Marshall.

The committee must remove the statues of Charles Brantley Aycock, John Caldwell Calhoun, and James Paul Clarke and the bust of John Cabell Breckinridge from areas of the Capitol accessible to the public. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) must store the statues and bust until it arranges their return to the states that provided them.

Additionally, the bill

prohibits the display of statues in National Statuary Hall of persons who served as officers or voluntarily with the Confederate States of America or of the military forces or government of a state while it was in rebellion against the United States;
requires the AOC to identify such statues and the committee to arrange for their transfer and deliverance from the Capitol to the Smithsonian Institution;
requires the Smithsonian to follow its preexisting policies and procedures regarding the storage and display of such transferred statues;
requires each statue to be returned to the providing state, including its ownership, if the state requests and agrees to pay any transportation-related costs; and
permits a state that has a statue removed to replace the statue.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 7573 as passed House on Jul 22, 2020. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 156

House Jul 22, 2020

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

To direct the Architect of the U.S. Capitol to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney with a bust of Thurgood Marshall, to remove certain statues from areas of the Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served Confederate States of America displayed in Capitol.

Passed · Two-thirds required

305 Yea 113 Nay 13 not voting

Crossed both parties 72 of 418 voting members broke with their own party: 72 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic233 members

Republican198 members

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Cosponsors16 · 16 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 7573 and vote against it. 5 signed when it was filed.

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What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 156

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors16 · 16 Democrats

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 156

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors16 · 16 Democrats

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