Calling on the Senate to remove the name of Richard B. Russell from the Russell Senate Office Building.

This is a House resolution (H. Res. 646) introduced in the 119th Congress that asks the U.S. Senate to remove the name of Senator Richard B. Russell from the Russell Senate Office Building and revert the building’s name to its original title, the Old Senate Office Building. The resolution frames Russell’s record as opposing civil rights and cites several controversial statements and actions from his past (filibusters against civil rights, white-supremacist remarks, involvement with the Southern Manifesto, and a proposed “racial relocation” idea). It also calls for condemning memorials honoring Russell or any other lawmaker who disavowed equality, and it states that the building should remain unnamed or be renamed to a different honoree until a suitable choice is found. Importantly, this is a symbolic, non-binding House resolution. It urges the Senate to act but does not change law or immediately rename the building by itself. The document was introduced by a member of the House (Mr. Green of Texas) and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; the sponsor is listed in the bill text, though the prompt notes sponsor as unknown.