Bill > H0073

This Concurrent Resolution is a formal request from the U.S. Congress to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, a bipartisan committee that oversees the Library of Congress and its collections. The resolution asks this committee to approve the removal of the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith from the National Statuary Hall Collection, which is housed in the U.S. Capitol Building and features statues of prominent Americans. In its place, the resolution proposes the installation of a statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune, an influential African American educator, stateswoman, and civil rights activist, thereby changing the representation within this significant national collection.