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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4564 

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 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 

Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. HASSAN) 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMO7 RIAL. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) approaching 2 decades after the September 

2 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, the 

3 United States continues the Global War on Ter4 rorism, at great personal cost to— 

5 (A) the men and women serving on active 

6 duty in the Armed Forces; and 

7 (B) the individuals on whose support those 

8 men and women depend to fulfill their duties; 

9 (2) civil servants from Federal departments and 

10 agencies, the intelligence community, local emer11 gency responders, and other civilian support per12 sonnel have made significant sacrifices in service in 

13 the Global War on Terrorism; 

14 (3) honoring the losses endured by the individ15 uals described in paragraphs (1) and (2), together 

16 with their families, Congress in 2017 unanimously 

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

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

19 40 U.S.C. 8903 note), which allowed the Global War 

20 on Terrorism Memorial Foundation to establish on 

21 Federal land in the District of Columbia a memorial 

22 to the fallen of that conflict; and 

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

24 Terrorism as the longest-running conflict in United 

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1 volved in operations in that conflict, it is appropriate 

2 to locate the National Global War on Terrorism Me3 morial within the Reserve alongside existing memo4 rials to the major armed conflicts of the United 

5 States. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

8 the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial au9 thorized by subsection (c)(1). 

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

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

12 40, United States Code. 

13 (c) LOCATION OF MEMORIAL.— 

14 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 

15 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Global 

16 War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation may estab17 lish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial 

18 within the Reserve. 

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

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

21 accordance with, the document commonly known as 

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

23 (A) Potential Site 1—Constitution Gar24 dens, Prime Candidate Site 10 in The Memo25 rials and Museums Master Plan. 


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

2 Prime Candidate Site 18 in The Memorials and 

3 Museums Master Plan. 

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

5 Candidate Site 70 in The Memorials and Muse6 ums Master Plan. 

7 (3) COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.—Except as 

8 otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), chap9 ter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 

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

11 apply to the Memorial. 

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