House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the statue to the memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2019
- Committee actionSep 30, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4135.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-640 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 14, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/640
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4135, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 129, July 30, 2019, Page H7482):clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4135, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
691c9f5511ef662b952ead02ec968b4d76720b05f65e58151b70283e5cc81ca9
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 866 (116th) Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019
- H.R. 5068 (116th) Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act
- H.R. 5919 (116th) National Children’s Museum Act
- H.R. 2726 (116th) Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019
- H.R. 51 (116th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 2185 (116th) District of Columbia Flood Prevention Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.