S2369Referred to Committee
Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-07-22
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat · MD · Senator
Votes with party: 65.4% (318 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (0)
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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
2025-12-09
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-07-22
Previously
- Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-22
Plain-English Summary
Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia and take other specified actions. Specifically, Interior must remove the brass plaque bearing the name Senator Francis G. Newlands from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District; remove from the south end of the memorial fountain's face, the stone, tablet-like projection bearing the name of Francis Griffith Newlands and a related inscription; remove or permanently conceal the name Newlands carved into the upper face of the memorial fountain's coping stones; and offer the items removed to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands for a 60-day period, and if not claimed within that period, direct the removed items to be maintained by the National Park Service as federal property and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum collection.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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