Congress must pass a new law to tear down a president's memorial.
S. 5603 — Protecting Presidential Memorials Act · Filed by Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 29, 2026
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What it does
This bill stops anyone from tearing down a president's memorial. Congress must vote to allow it. A president's memorial is a building that Congress named to honor a president. The bill covers tearing down the whole thing or a big part of it.
Who it affects
People who visit president's memorials can still go to them. The bill keeps these memorials in place.
One thing to notice
The bill only covers memorials that Congress named. Memorials paid for by private groups or named by cities or states are not covered.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- president's memorial — A building or structure that Congress named to honor a president.
- tearing down — Destroying or wrecking a building or a big part of it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (571 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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