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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1220 

To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the provisions 

of Public Law 107–62, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2017 

Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. NEAL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

KENNEDY, and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out 

the provisions of Public Law 107–62, 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. ADAMS MEMORIAL COMMISSION. 

4 (a) COMMISSION.—There is established a commission 

5 to be known as the ‘‘Adams Memorial Commission’’ (re6 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) for the pur7 pose of establishing a permanent memorial to honor John 

8 Adams and his legacy as authorized by Public Law 107– 


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1 62, located in the city of Washington, District of Colum2 bia, including sites authorized by Public Law 107–315. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com4 posed of— 

5 (1) four persons appointed by the President, 

6 not more than two of whom may be members of the 

7 same political party; 

8 (2) four Members of the Senate appointed by 

9 the President pro tempore of the Senate in consulta10 tion with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader 

11 of the Senate, of which not more than two ap12 pointees may be members of the same political 

13 party; and 

14 (3) four Members of the House of Representa15 tives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Rep16 resentatives in consultation with the Majority Lead17 er and Minority Leader of the House of Representa18 tives, of which not more than two appointees may be 

19 members of the same political party. 

20 (c) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The members of the 

21 Commission shall select a Chair and Vice Chair of the 

22 Commission. The Chair and Vice Chair shall not be mem23 bers of the same political party. 


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1 (d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commission 

2 shall not affect its powers if a quorum is present, but shall 

3 be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 

4 (e) MEETINGS.— 

5 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 45 days 

6 after the date on which a majority of the members 

7 of the Commission have been appointed, the Com8 mission shall hold its first meeting. 

9 (2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—The Commission 

10 shall meet at the call of the Chair. 

11 (f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

12 Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number 

13 of members may hold hearings. 

14 (g) NO COMPENSATION.—A member of the Commis15 sion shall serve without compensation, but may be reim16 bursed for expenses incurred in carrying out the duties 

17 of the Commission. 

18 (h) DUTIES.—The Commission shall consider and 

19 formulate plans for a permanent memorial to honor John 

20 Adams and his legacy, including the nature, location, de21 sign, and construction of the memorial. 

22 (i) POWERS.—The Commission may— 

23 (1) make such expenditures for services and 

24 materials for the purpose of carrying out this section 


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1 as the Commission considers advisable from funds 

2 appropriated or received as gifts for that purpose; 

3 (2) accept gifts to be used in carrying out this 

4 section or to be used in connection with the con5 struction or other expenses of the memorial; and 

6 (3) hold hearings, enter into contracts for per7 sonal services and otherwise, and do such other 

8 things as are necessary to carry out this section. 

9 (j) REPORTS.—The Commission shall— 

10 (1) report the plans required by subsection (h), 

11 together with recommendations, to the President 

12 and the Congress at the earliest practicable date; 

13 and 

14 (2) in the interim, make annual reports on its 

15 progress to the President and the Congress. 

16 (k) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—The Federal 

17 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

18 to the Commission. 

19 (l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

20 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 

23 this Act. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 107–62. 

2 Public Law 107–62 is amended by striking ‘‘Adams 

3 Memorial Foundation’’ each place it occurs and inserting 

4 ‘‘Adams Memorial Commission’’. 

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