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This bill would direct the removal of a busy of a Supreme Court justice who authored an opinion upholding slavery from display in the Capitol’s Old Supreme Court Chamber, in addition to the removal of statues depicting individuals who joined the Confederacy or otherwise defended slavery, segregation, and white supremacy from Statuary Hall. It would authorize the use of up to $5 million to carry out these activities in fiscal year 2021, with $2 million allocated to the Architect of the Capitol and $3 million to the Smithsonian Institution.

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Require the removal of the bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who authored a majority opinion that upheld slavery in Dredd Scott v. Sandford (1857), from the Old Supreme Court Chamber. It would be replaced with a bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall — the Court’s first Black justice.
Require states to reclaim & replace any statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection on individuals who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Require the removal of statues depicting John C. Calhoun, Charles B. Aycock, and John C. Clarke because of their role in defending slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.

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Should Statues of Confederates or Other Defenders of Slavery & White Supremacy Be Removed From the U.S. Capitol?