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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1264 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1264

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
            the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven

                                 An Act

 
 To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse 
   and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in 
Jackson, Tennessee, as the ``M.D. Anderson Plaza'' and to authorize the 
     placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds 
     recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds as follows:
        (1) The Government has the responsibility to honor and 
    recognize Americans who have positively impacted the welfare of 
    other Americans.
        (2) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 
    1873, was one of the United States' most successful agri-
    businessmen and respected philanthropists.
        (3) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, also known as M.D. Anderson, 
    attended public schools in Jackson, Tennessee.
        (4) After attending college in Memphis, Tennessee, M.D. 
    Anderson returned to Jackson, Tennessee, to work at the People's 
    National Bank.
        (5) In 1904, M.D. Anderson, his older brother Frank Anderson, 
    along with Will Clayton, established a partnership, Anderson, 
    Clayton, and Company, to buy and sell cotton in Jackson, Tennessee.
        (6) In 1945, Anderson, Clayton, and Company was called the 
    largest buyer, seller, storer, and shipper of raw cotton in the 
    world by Fortune Magazine.
        (7) In 1936, M.D. Anderson established the M.D. Anderson 
    Foundation. This foundation funded the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
    which grew into the largest medical complex in the world, the Texas 
    Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
        (8) M.D. Anderson's positive impact in the cotton trade is 
    still being felt by the cotton businesses in and around Jackson, 
    Tennessee, and throughout the world.
        (9) M.D. Anderson and his foundation's imprint on medical 
    research, education, and agri-business should be memorialized in 
    the town of his birth, Jackson, Tennessee, and deems recognition.
SEC. 2. M.D. ANDERSON PLAZA.
    (a) Designation.--The property in between the United States 
Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland 
Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the 
``M.D. Anderson Plaza''.
    (b) Marker and Statues Authorized.--West Tennessee Health Care 
Foundation is hereby authorized to install in a prominent location on 
that portion of the Plaza under the jurisdiction of the General 
Services Administration--
        (1) a Tennessee State Historical Society marker recognizing the 
    outstanding achievements in business and philanthropy on the 
    grounds between the United States Courthouse and the Ed Jones 
    Building; and
        (2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, with 
    information recognizing persons who donated funds for the 
    manufacturing of the statues.
    (c) Design of Marker.--The marker authorized by subsection (b)(1) 
shall be at least 42 inches in height.
    (d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be 
expended to design the marker, to acquire the marker, to prepare the 
sight selected for the marker, to install the marker, or to maintain 
the marker or the statues authorized in subsection (b).
    (e) Approval.--
        (1) Submission of design.--The West Tennessee Health Care 
    Foundation shall consult with the Administrator of General Services 
    in the design of the marker and statue authorized under subsection 
    (b) and shall submit a design for approval.
        (2) Design approval.--The design of a marker or statue as 
    authorized under subsection (b) shall be subject to the approval of 
    the Administrator.
        (3) Timing of review.--The Administrator shall conduct a review 
    of the design not later than 90 days after the submission of the 
    design.
        (4) Failure to approve.--In the event that the Administrator 
    fails to approve the design, the Administrator shall submit a 
    report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 
    House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 
    Public Works in the Senate detailing the reasons for failing to 
    approve the design.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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