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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3036 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To designate the National September 11 Memorial located 

at the World Trade Center site in New York City, New 

York, as a national memorial, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘9/11 Memorial Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

4 For purposes of this Act: 

5 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti6 ty’’ means a nonprofit organization as defined in 

7 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) in existence on the date 

9 of enactment of this Act. 

10 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti11 tled ‘‘National September 11 Memorial Proposed 

12 Boundary’’, numbered 903/128928, and dated June 

13 2015. 

14 (3) NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL.—The 

15 term ‘‘National September 11 Memorial’’ means the 

16 area approximately bounded by Fulton, Greenwich, 

17 Liberty and West Streets as generally depicted on 

18 the map. 

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

20 the Secretary of the Interior. 

21 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MEMORIAL. 

22 (a) DESIGNATION.—The National September 11 Me23 morial is hereby designated as a national memorial. 

24 (b) MAP.—The map shall be available for public in25 spection and kept on file at the appropriate office of the 

26 Secretary. 


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1 (c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo2 rial designated under this section shall not be a unit of 

3 the National Park System and the designation of the na4 tional memorial shall not be construed to require or au5 thorize Federal funds to be expended for any purpose re6 lated to the national memorial except as provided under 

7 section 4. 

8 SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR CERTAIN MEMORIALS. 

9 (a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Subject to the avail10 ability of appropriations, the Secretary may award a single 

11 grant per year through a competitive process to an eligible 

12 entity for the operation and maintenance of any memorial 

13 located within the United States established to commemo14 rate the events of and honor— 

15 (1) the victims of the terrorist attacks on the 

16 World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Air17 lines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001; and 

18 (2) the victims of the terrorist attack on the 

19 World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available under this 

21 section shall remain available until expended. 

22 (c) CRITERIA.—In awarding grants under this sec23 tion, the Secretary shall give greatest weight in the selec24 tion of eligible entities using the following criteria: 


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1 (1) Experience in managing a public memorial 

2 that will benefit the largest number of visitors each 

3 calendar year. 

4 (2) Experience in managing a memorial of sig5 nificant size (4 acres or more). 

6 (3) Successful coordination and cooperation 

7 with Federal, State, and local governments in oper8 ating and managing the memorial. 

9 (4) Ability and commitment to use grant funds 

10 to enhance security at the memorial. 

11 (5) Ability to use grant funds to increase the 

12 numbers of economically disadvantaged visitors to 

13 the memorial and surrounding areas. 

14 (d) SUMMARIES.—Not later than 30 days after the 

15 end of each fiscal year in which an eligible entity obligates 

16 or expends any part of a grant under this section, the eli17 gible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary and 

18 Congress a summary that— 

19 (1) specifies the amount of grant funds obli20 gated or expended in the preceding fiscal year; 

21 (2) specifies the purpose for which the funds 

22 were obligated or expended; and 

23 (3) includes any other information the Sec24 retary may require to more effectively administer the 

25 grant program. 


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1 (e) SUNSET.—The authority to award grants under 

2 this section shall expire on the date that is 7 years after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 9, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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