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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3036 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2015 

Mr. MACARTHUR (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

CALVERT, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National 9/11 Memo5 rial at the World Trade Center Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘Foundation’’ means the National 

9 September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World 


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1 Trade Center Foundation, Inc., also known as the 

2 National September 11 Memorial and Museum at 

3 the World Trade Center; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘map’’ means the map titled ‘‘Na5 tional September 11 Memorial Proposed Boundary’’, 

6 numbered 903/128928, and dated June 2015; 

7 (3) the term ‘‘National September 11 Memo8 rial’’ means the area approximately bounded by Ful9 ton, Greenwich, Liberty and West Streets as gen10 erally depicted on the map; and 

11 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

12 of the Interior. 

13 (b) DESIGNATION.—The National September 11 Me14 morial is hereby designated as a national memorial. 

15 (c) MAP.—The map shall be available for public in16 spection and kept of file at— 

17 (1) the appropriate office of the Secretary of 

18 the Interior; and 

19 (2) the headquarters of the Foundation. 

20 (d) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award a grant of 

21 not more than $25,000,000 each fiscal year to the Foun22 dation for the operation and maintenance of the National 

23 9/11 Memorial. 

24 (e) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the end 

25 of each fiscal year in which the Foundation obligates or 


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1 expends any part of a grant under this section, the Foun2 dation shall prepare and submit to the Secretary and Con3 gress a report that shall— 

4 (1) specify the amount of grant funds obligated 

5 or expended; 

6 (2) specify the purpose for which the funds 

7 were obligated and expended; and 

8 (3) include any other information the Secretary 

9 may require. 

10 (f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Subsections 

11 (d) and (e) shall expire on the date that is 7 years after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (g) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo14 rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 

15 Park System and the designation of the national memorial 

16 shall not be construed to require or authorize Federal 

17 funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na18 tional memorial, except under subsection (d) of this Act. 

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