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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 879
To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Andrew Jackson
statue and marble base in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY8, 2023
Ms. N
ORTON(for herself, Mr. CARSON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CLARKEof
New York, Mr. G
OMEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr.
D
AVISof Illinois, and Ms. LEEof California) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to remove the An-
drew Jackson statue and marble base in Lafayette
Square in the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Andrew Jackson Stat-4
ue Removal Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ANDREW JACKSON STATUE. 1
(a) R
EMOVAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 2
remove the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base from 3
Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia. 4
(b) D
ONATION.—The Secretary shall donate the An-5
drew Jackson statue and marble base to a museum or 6
other similar entity. The recipient of the statue and base 7
may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outside. If 8
the statue is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, owner-9
ship of the statue and marble base will revert back to the 10
Federal Government. 11
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