To direct the Architect of the Capitol 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 for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 9, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Architect of the Capitol to remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney from the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the U.S. Capitol to replace it with a bust of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall that must be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library. Chief Justice Taney authored the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision that declared African Americans were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in federal courts.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2020 to Jul 16, 2020; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jul 16, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 9, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2020Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 45, March 9, 2020, page H1555.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Architect of the Capitol 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 for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
