# 116-hr-970: Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

116-hr-970, Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-970
- Congress: 116
- Title: Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2019-02-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop a plan to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. Interior must submit to Congress a time line for the removal of such monument in accordance with the plan.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2019-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2019-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8687: Saving the Civil Service Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8283: TREAT Act
- 116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-970 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/970)

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- [116-hr-8687: Saving the Civil Service Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8687)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8283: TREAT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8283)
- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-970 (as of 2025-11-18).