# 116-hr-6131: 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.

116-hr-6131, 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., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD); status Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6131
- Congress: 116
- Title: 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.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- Introduced: 2020-03-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act
- 116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-6131 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6131)

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- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
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- [116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1773)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6131 (as of 2025-11-18).