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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 535 

To authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate 

and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active 

duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2 (legislative day, MARCH 1), 2021 

Ms. ERNST (for herself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the location of a memorial on the National 

Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the 

Armed Forces that served on active duty in support 

of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global War on Ter5 rorism Memorial Location Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMO2 RIAL. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

4 (1) approaching 2 decades after the September 

5 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, the 

6 United States continues the Global War on Ter7 rorism, at great personal cost to— 

8 (A) the men and women serving on active 

9 duty in the Armed Forces; and 

10 (B) the individuals on whose support those 

11 men and women depend to fulfill their duties; 

12 (2) civil servants from Federal departments and 

13 agencies, the intelligence community, local emer14 gency responders, and other civilian support per15 sonnel have made significant sacrifices in service in 

16 the Global War on Terrorism; 

17 (3) honoring the losses endured by the individ18 uals described in paragraphs (1) and (2), together 

19 with their families, Congress in 2017 unanimously 

20 passed, and the President signed, the Global War on 

21 Terrorism War Memorial Act (Public Law 115–51; 

22 40 U.S.C. 8903 note), which allowed the Global War 

23 on Terrorism Memorial Foundation to establish on 

24 Federal land in the District of Columbia a memorial 

25 to the fallen of that conflict; and 


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1 (4) given the significance of the Global War on 

2 Terrorism as the longest-running conflict in United 

3 States history and the magnitude of the sacrifice in4 volved in operations in that conflict, it is appropriate 

5 to locate the National Global War on Terrorism Me6 morial within the Reserve alongside existing memo7 rials to the major armed conflicts of the United 

8 States. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 

11 the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial au12 thorized by subsection (c)(1). 

13 (2) RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Reserve’’ has the 

14 meaning given the term in section 8902(a) of title 

15 40, United States Code. 

16 (c) LOCATION OF MEMORIAL.— 

17 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 

18 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Global 

19 War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation may estab20 lish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial 

21 within the Reserve. 

22 (2) LOCATION.—The Memorial shall be located 

23 at 1 of the following sites, as identified in, and in 

24 accordance with, the document commonly known as 

25 the ‘‘Memorials and Museums Master Plan’’: 


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1 (A) Potential Site 1—Constitution Gar2 dens, Prime Candidate Site 10 in The Memo3 rials and Museums Master Plan. 

4 (B) Potential Site 2—JFK Hockey Fields, 

5 Prime Candidate Site 18 in The Memorials and 

6 Museums Master Plan. 

7 (C) Potential Site 3—West Potomac Park, 

8 Candidate Site 70 in The Memorials and Muse9 ums Master Plan. 

10 (3) COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.—Except as 

11 otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), chap12 ter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 

13 known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall 

14 apply to the Memorial. 

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