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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 214

To authorize the construction of a memorial on Federal land in the District

of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces

who served in World War II and to commemorate United States participation in that conflict.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 26 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Mr. THURMOND (for himself and Mr. GLENN, Mr. MACK, Mr. HEFLIN, Mr.

MCCAIN, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. COATS, Mr. D’AMATO, Mr.

MOYNIHAN, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. DOLE, Mr. DECONCINI, Mr. COHEN,

and Mr. SARBANES) introduced the following bill; which was read twice

and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To authorize the construction of a memorial on Federal

land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor

members of the Armed Forces who served in World

War II and to commemorate United States participation

in that conflict.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The American Battle Monuments

5 Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

6 ‘‘Commission’’) is authorized to establish a memorial on
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1 Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs

2 to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in

3 World War II and to commemorate the participation of

4 the United States in that war.

5 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO6 RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memorial shall

7 be in accordance with the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide

8 standards for placement of commemorative works on cer9 tain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its en10 virons, and for other purposes’’ approved November 14,

11 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

12 (c) HANDICAPPED ACCESS.—The plan, design, con13 struction, and operation of the memorial pursuant to this

14 section shall provide for accessibility by, and accommoda15 tions for, the physically handicapped.

16 SEC. 2. ADVISORY BOARD.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.—There is estab18 lished a World War II Memorial Advisory Board (here19 after in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Board’’), consisting

20 of 12 members, who shall be appointed by the President

21 from among veterans of World War II, historians of World

22 War II, and representatives of veterans organizations, his23 torical associations, and groups knowledgeable about

24 World War II.
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1 (b) APPOINTMENTS.—Members of the Board shall be

2 appointed not later than 3 months after the date of enact3 ment of this Act and shall serve for the life of the Board.

4 The President shall make appointments to fill such vacan5 cies as may occur on the Board.

6 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARD.—The Board

7 shall—

8 (1) in the manner specified by the Commission,

9 promote establishment of the memorial and encour10 age donation of private contributions for the memo11 rial; and

12 (2) upon the request of the Commission, advise

13 the Commission on the site and design for the

14 memorial.

15 (d) TERMINATION.—The Board shall cease to exist

16 on the last day of the third month after the month in

17 which the memorial is completed or the month of the expi18 ration of the authority for the memorial under section

19 10(b) of the Act referred to in section 1(b), whichever first

20 occurs.

21 SEC. 3. PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.

22 The Commission shall solicit and accept private con23 tributions for the memorial.
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1 SEC. 4. FUND IN THE TREASURY FOR THE MEMORIAL.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is created in the Treasury

3 a fund which shall be available to the American Battle

4 Monuments Commission for the expenses of establishing

5 the memorial. The fund shall consist of—

6 (1) amounts deposited, and interest and pro7 ceeds credited, under subsection (b);

8 (2) obligations obtained under subsection (c);

9 and

10 (3) the amount of surcharges paid to the Com11 mission for the memorial under the World War II

12 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins Act.

13 (b) DEPOSITS AND CREDITS.—The Chairman of the

14 Commission shall deposit in the fund the amounts accept15 ed as contributions under subsection (a). The Secretary

16 of the Treasury shall credit to the fund the interest on,

17 and the proceeds from sale or redemption of, obligations

18 held in the fund.

19 (c) OBLIGATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury

20 shall invest any portion of the fund that, as determined

21 by the Chairman of the Commission, is not required to

22 meet current expenses. Each investment shall be made in

23 an interest bearing obligation of the United States or an

24 obligation guaranteed as to principal and interest by the

25 United States that, as determined by the Chairman of the

26 Commission, has a maturity suitable for the fund.
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1 (d) ABOLITION.—Upon the final settlement of the ac2 counts of the fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall

3 submit to the Congress draft legislation (including tech4 nical and conforming provisions) for the abolition of the

5 fund.

6 SEC. 5. DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.

7 If, upon payment of all expenses of the establishment

8 of the memorial (including the maintenance and preserva9 tion amount provided for in section 8(b) of the Act re10 ferred to in section 1(b)), or upon expiration of the author11 ity for the memorial under section 10(b) of that Act, there

12 remains a balance in the fund created by section 4, the

13 Chairman of the Commission shall transmit the amount

14 of the balance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit

15 in the account provided for in section 8(b)(1) of that Act.

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