HR 8095 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

REFUSE Confederate Principles Act

Introduced Aug 22, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Bobby L. Rush D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 10, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedAug 22, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act or the REFUSE Confederate Principles Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service (NPS), a program to be known as the Emancipation Historic Preservation Program to award grants to states and other eligible entities to

  • remove a Confederate symbol;
  • remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage;
  • remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage to commemorate or depict the freedom of enslaved African Americans; and
  • remove and transfer a Confederate symbol to a state historic preservation program.

Interior shall also provide technical assistance to eligible entities related to these activities.

None of the funds made available by this bill may be used by Interior, the NPS, or an eligible entity for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction, or new construction of a Confederate symbol.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 1, 2020 to Oct 30, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonSep 1, 2020
D-FLDarren SotoSep 1, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattySep 1, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalSep 4, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeSep 4, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 4, 2020
D-CAKaren BassSep 4, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorSep 4, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonSep 15, 2020
D-CAAnna G. EshooSep 15, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOct 9, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOct 23, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOct 30, 2020
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOct 30, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  2. Aug 22, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Aug 22, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Subjects

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  1. Aug 22, 2020Introduced in House

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