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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 42 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 397
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 42

                          [Report No. 104-263]

 Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the 
    United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship 
  institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the 
                   Civil War, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 1995

 Mr. Breaux (for himself, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Specter, and Mr. Santorum) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                              May 9, 1996

   Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment and amendment to the 
                                preamble
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 
 Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the 
    United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship 
  institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the 
                   Civil War, and for other purposes.

<DELETED>Whereas the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War will 
        occur in the year 2011;
Whereas the sesquicentennial will be the last significant opportunity for most 
        Americans alive in the year 2011 to recall and commemorate the Civil 
        War;
Whereas the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, 
        Louisiana, has as principal missions to create a comprehensive database 
        that contains all Civil War materials and to facilitate the study of the 
        War from the perspectives of all ethnic cultures and all professions, 
        academic disciplines, and occupations;
Whereas the 2 principal missions of Civil War Center are consistent with the 
        commemoration of the sesquicentennial; and
Whereas advance planning to facilitate the 4-year commemoration of the 
        sesquicentennial is required: Now, therefore, be it
</DELETED>Whereas the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War will 
        occur in the year 2011;
Whereas the sesquicentennial will be the last significant opportunity for most 
        Americans alive in the year 2011 to recall and commemorate the Civil 
        War;
Whereas the Civil War Center in Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, 
        Louisiana, has as its principal missions to create a comprehensive 
        database that contains all Civil War materials and to facilitate the 
        study of the Civil War from the perspectives of all ethnic cultures and 
        all professions; academic disciplines, and occupations;
Whereas the two principal missions of the Civil War Center are consistent with 
        commemoration of the sesquicentennial;
Whereas the missions of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College parallel 
        those of the Civil War Center; and
Whereas advance planning to facilitate the four-year commemoration of the 
        sesquicentennial is required: Now, therefore, be it.
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR 
              CENTER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Civil War Center, located on Raphael Semmes Drive at 
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shall be known 
and designated as the ``United States Civil War Center''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REFERENCES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the center referred to in 
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``United States 
Civil War Center''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. FLAGSHIP INSTITUTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The center referred to in section 1 shall be the flagship 
institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the 
Civil War.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR CENTER.

    The Civil War Center, located on Raphael Semmes Drive at Louisiana 
State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, (hereinafter referred to as 
the ``center'') shall be known and designated as the ``United States 
Civil War Center''.

SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.

    Any reference in any law, regulation, paper, record, map, or any 
other document of the United States to the center referred to in 
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``United States 
Civil War Center''.

SEC. 3. FLAGSHIP INSTITUTIONS.

    The center and the Civil War Institute of Gettysburg College, 
located at 233 North Washington Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 
shall be the flagship institutions for planning the sesquicentennial 
commemoration of the Civil War.
                                     

                                                       Calendar No. 397

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                             S. J. RES. 42

                          [Report No. 104-263]

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the 
    United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship 
  institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the 
                   Civil War, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 9, 1996

        Reported with an amendment and amendment to the preamble
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