House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Confederate Monument Removal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Care & maintenance of US Capitol premisesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1248, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
- H.R. 1088 (118th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 561 (118th) EACH Act of 2023
- H.R. 1838 (118th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 44 (118th) Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
- H.R. 932 (118th) To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
- H.R. 1510 (118th) Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.