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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-640
TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO REMOVE THE STATUE
TO THE MEMORY AND IN HONOR OF ALBERT PIKE ERECTED NEAR JUDI-
CIARY SQUARE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES
DECEMBER 14, 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. 4135]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4135) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the
statue to the memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Ju-
diciary Square in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,
having considered 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. REMOVAL OF STATUE OF ALBERT PIKE.
(a) REMOVAL.-The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the
National Park Service, shall remove the statue to the memory and in honor of Al-
bert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia under the Joint
Resolution Granting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Wash-
ington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Albert Pike., approved April
9, 1898 (30 Stat. 737).
(b) RELOCATION.-The Secretary of the Interior may donate the statue to a mu-
seum or other similar entity, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to ensure
its preservation and interpretation in an indoor setting. The recipient of the statue
may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outside.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4135 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to remove and appropriately dispose of the statue to the memory
and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the
District of Columbia.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 4135, as reported, requires the Secretary of the Interior to
remove and appropriately dispose of the statue of Albert Pike erect-
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