If the statues were provided by a state – for example, Calhoun was provided by South Carolina – the Architect of the Capitol, the office tasked with preserving the Capitol, would send them back. States would be allowed to replace statues.
"What we should do today is relegate these statues to the dustbin of history," said Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Any bust or statue that is removed and not owned by a state would be left up to the Architect of the Capitol to address.
Confederate monuments have reemerged as a national flash point since Floyd's death: More than 90 Confederate monuments were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020, according to February data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Nearly 800 Confederate monuments were in the USA at the beginning of 2020, a number that dwindled to about 700 by the end of last year.
More:Nearly 100 Confederate statues were removed in 2020, but hundreds remain, new SPLC data shows
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