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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 62 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th 

National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the 

National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2017 

Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the 

January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as 

an affiliated area of the National Park System, 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 ‘‘January 8th National 

5 Memorial Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The tragedy of January 8, 2011, at Con2 gresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s ‘‘Congress on Your 

3 Corner’’ event resulted in the deaths of 6 people 

4 (Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, U.S. Dis5 trict Court Judge John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, 

6 Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabe Zimmerman) and in7 jury of 13 others (Congresswoman Giffords, Bill 

8 Badger, Ron Barber, Kenneth Dorushka, James 

9 Eric Fuller, Randy Gardner, Susan Hileman, George 

10 Morris, Mary Reed, Pam Simon, Mavanell Stoddard, 

11 Jim Tucker, and Kenneth Veeder). 

12 (2) This was the first time in the history of the 

13 United States that an assassination attempt was 

14 made upon a Congressional Member while she was 

15 meeting with constituents. 

16 (3) Congresswoman Giffords sustained severe 

17 injuries that affect her to this day. 

18 (4) Gabe Zimmerman was the first Congres19 sional staffer to be assassinated in the line of duty. 

20 (5) The Arizona community and people from all 

21 over the world came together in the days that fol22 lowed the tragedy to provide comfort and support to 

23 one another at three spontaneous memorial vigil 

24 sites— 


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1 (A) the shopping center where the shooting 

2 took place; 

3 (B) the front lawn of University Medical 

4 Center, where many of the victims were treated; 

5 and 

6 (C) at Congresswoman Giffords’ Tucson 

7 district office. 

8 (6) Tucson’s January 8th Memorial will not 

9 only be a tribute to those who died that day, but 

10 also to the local, national, and international response 

11 to the tragedy. 

12 (7) The memorial will be constructed, managed, 

13 and maintained to be a place where visitors, young 

14 and old, can learn not only about one horrific event, 

15 but about the resilience of a community and the du16 rability of democracy in the United States. 

17 SEC. 3. JANUARY 8th NATIONAL MEMORIAL. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

20 the January 8th National Memorial. 

21 (2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

22 means the Tucson’s January 8th Memorial Founda23 tion, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 

24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

25 from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code. 


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1 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘January 8 Memorial Site Map’’, numbered 

3 JAN8M 001, and dated January 2016. 

4 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of the Interior. 

6 (b) JANUARY 8th NATIONAL MEMORIAL.— 

7 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—As soon as practicable 

8 after the Secretary determines that the Foundation 

9 has complied with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 

10 establish the Memorial as an affiliated area of the 

11 National Park System. 

12 (2) TRUST FUND.—The Memorial shall not be 

13 established before the date on which the Secretary 

14 certifies in a written report submitted to the Com15 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat17 ural Resources of the Senate that the Foundation 

18 has established a trust fund for the purposes of— 

19 (A) receiving donations submitted to the 

20 Foundation; and 

21 (B) providing for the construction, oper22 ation, maintenance, and management of the 

23 Memorial. 


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1 (3) DESCRIPTION.—The Memorial shall consist 

2 of the area generally depicted as the ‘‘Memorial 

3 Boundary’’ on the map. 

4 (4) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Foundation 

5 shall— 

6 (A) be the management entity for the Me7 morial; and 

8 (B) be responsible for the construction, op9 eration, maintenance, and management of the 

10 Memorial. 

11 (5) ADMINISTRATION.—The Memorial shall 

12 cease to be an affiliated area of the National Park 

13 System if the Foundation— 

14 (A) fails to manage the Memorial in ac15 cordance with this Act and all laws generally 

16 applicable to units of the National Park Sys17 tem; or 

18 (B) ceases to maintain the trust fund re19 quired to be established under paragraph (2). 

20 (6) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

21 on file and available for public inspection at the ap22 propriate offices of the National Park Service. 

23 (7) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec24 retary may provide technical assistance and enter 

25 into cooperative agreements with the Foundation for 


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1 the purpose of providing financial assistance with 

2 marketing of the Memorial. 

3 (8) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Noth4 ing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire 

5 property or to use Federal funds for the construc6 tion, operation, maintenance, or management of the 

7 Memorial. 

8 (9) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con10 sultation with the Foundation, shall develop a 

11 general management plan for the Memorial. 

12 The plan shall be prepared in accordance with 

13 section 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 

14 (B) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 

15 years after the date that funds are first made 

16 available for this Act or the Memorial is estab17 lished by the Secretary, whichever date is later, 

18 the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com19 pleted general management plan to the Com20 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 

21 Representatives and the Committee on Energy 

22 and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

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