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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-608
ROBERT E. LEE STATUE REMOVAL ACT
DECEMBER 2, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 970]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 970) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop a
plan for the removal of the monument to Robert E. Lee at the An-
tietam National Battlefield, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF MONUMENT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall re-
move and appropriately dispose of the Monument to General Robert E. Lee at the
Antietam National Battlefield.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 970 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to remove and properly dispose of the Monument to Robert E. Lee
at the Antietam National Battlefield.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 970, as reported, directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to remove
and appropriately dispose of the monument to Confederate General
Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield (Antietam) in
Sharpsburg, Maryland, within 180 days of enactment of the legisla-
tion.
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