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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 155

To redesignate General Grant National Memorial as Grant’s Tomb National

Monument, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 21, 1997

Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. D’AMATO) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To redesignate General Grant National Memorial as Grant’s

Tomb National Monument, 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 ‘‘Grant’s Tomb National

5 Monument Act of 1997’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) Ulysses S. Grant has been heralded as a na9 tional hero by his contemporaries and by generations

10 thereafter;
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1 (2) Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to

2 victory, bringing to an end the Civil War in 1865,

3 assuring the preservation of the United States, and

4 ensuring the emancipation of United States slaves;

5 (3) Ulysses S. Grant served as the 18th Presi6 dent of the United States from 1869 through 1877;

7 (4) Ulysses S. Grant demonstrated his commit8 ment to maintaining the rights of freed slaves by

9 executing his authority as Commander in Chief to

10 command Federal troops to protect the rights and

11 freedoms of former slaves; and

12 (5) Ulysses S. Grant demonstrated his commit13 ment to rebuilding the United States and restoring

14 unity among the people of the United States.

15 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

16 (1) to recognize and pay tribute to Ulysses S.

17 Grant, both as a general and as a former President

18 of the United States;

19 (2) to restore, complete, and preserve in per20 petuity the Grant’s Tomb National Monument and

21 surrounding areas that are of national historical sig22 nificance in a manner consistent with the architec23 tural, historical, and educational value of the monu24 ment’s original design and purpose; and
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1 (3) to educate present and future generations

2 about the life of Ulysses S. Grant and his contribu3 tions to the United States.

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

5 In this Act:

6 (1) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘monument’’

7 means the monument redesignated as Grant’s Tomb

8 National Monument under section 4(a).

9 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

10 the Secretary of the Interior.

11 (3) TOMB.—The term ‘‘tomb’’ means the tomb

12 of Ulysses S. Grant.

13 SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF MEMORIAL AND ADMINISTRA14 TION OF GRANT’S TOMB NATIONAL MONU15 MENT.

16 (a) REDESIGNATION.—General Grant National Me17 morial, located at Riverside Drive and West 122d Street

18 in New York, New York, is redesignated as Grant’s Tomb

19 National Monument.

20 (b) AREA INCLUDED.—The monument shall consist

21 of the tomb and the surrounding plaza area, as generally

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Grant’s Tomb National

23 Monument’’ and dated April 27, 1994. The map shall be

24 on file and available for public inspection in the offices

25 of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister, repair, restore, preserve, maintain, and promote the

3 monument in accordance with this Act and with the provi4 sions of law generally applicable to units of the National

5 Park System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to estab6 lish a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap7 proved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

8 (d) VISITORS CENTER.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall design

10 and construct a visitors center (including public rest11 rooms) at the monument to aid in the interpretation

12 and maintain the historical significance of the monu13 ment.

14 (2) CONSULTATION AND DESIGN.—The visitors

15 center shall—

16 (A) be established in consultation with the

17 study commission established under section 5;

18 and

19 (B) be designed in a manner that—

20 (i) is consistent with the existing ar21 chitectural and historical intent of the site;

22 and

23 (ii) does not detract from the histori24 cal interpretation and the scenic views of

25 the monument and the existing park area.
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1 SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITION; LEASE OR COOPERATIVE MAN2 AGEMENT AGREEMENT.

3 (a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary shall acquire

4 from the city of New York non-Federal lands, located

5 within the monument as depicted on the map referred to

6 in section 4(b), by donation, purchase with donated or ap7 propriated funds, or exchange.

8 (b) LEASE OR COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREE9 MENT.—To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Sec10 retary may—

11 (1) lease non-Federal land located within the

12 boundary of the monument; or

13 (2) enter into a cooperative agreement for the

14 management of non-Federal land located within the

15 boundary of the monument.

16 SEC. 6. STUDY COMMISSION.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

20 shall establish a study commission of 7 persons,

21 which shall be composed of—

22 (A) the president and at least 3 members

23 of the executive committee of the Grant Monu24 ment Association;

25 (B) representatives of the community sur26 rounding the monument; and
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1 (C) citizens with a unique knowledge or ex2 pertise relating to the monument.

3 (2) GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—No officer or

4 employee of the Federal Government or a State or

5 local government is eligible for membership on the

6 study commission.

7 (3) WITHOUT PAY.—Members of the study

8 commission shall serve without pay.

9 (4) CHAIR.—The members of the study com10 mission shall designate a chair of the study commis11 sion.

12 (5) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—On

13 request of the study commission, the Secretary shall

14 furnish on a reimbursable basis such administrative

15 support services (including staff, supplies, and facili16 ties) as are necessary for the study commission to

17 carry out its duties under subsection (b).

18 (b) DUTIES.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The study commission

20 shall—

21 (A) review security and maintenance of the

22 monument;

23 (B) plan for interpretive programs of the

24 monument;
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1 (C) plan for the complete restoration of the

2 monument;

3 (D) submit a study in accordance with

4 paragraph (2);

5 (E) monitor the progress of repairs being

6 made to the tomb; and

7 (F) submit reports to the Secretary and to

8 Congress on the progress of any repairs being

9 made to the tomb.

10 (2) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the

11 date of the study commission’s first meeting, the

12 study commission shall submit a written study of the

13 monument to the Secretary, which shall include the

14 following:

15 (A) Proposed measures to improve secu16 rity, maintenance, and interpretive programs of

17 the monument, including such improvements as

18 may be required to be carried out by April 27,

19 1999. The proposed measures shall be based on

20 the original plans of the architect of the tomb,

21 John H. Duncan, and the plans of architect

22 John Russell Pope, approved in 1928 by the

23 Grant Monument Association.
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1 (B) An estimate of the capital costs and

2 general operating costs of implementing the

3 measures proposed under subparagraph (A).

4 (c) FINAL PLAN.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after

6 the date on which the study is submitted to the Sec7 retary under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall

8 review and evaluate the study and submit to Con9 gress a final plan for the projects at the monument

10 to be fully completed by April 27, 1999.

11 (2) CONSISTENCY WITH STUDY.—The final plan

12 shall be consistent with the study, except for any as13 pect of the study that the Secretary reports to Con14 gress—

15 (A) is unreasonable;

16 (B) is inconsistent with the existing archi17 tectural, historical, or educational intent of the

18 site;

19 (C) would detract from, distort, or other20 wise compromise the historical interpretation or

21 scenic views of the monument; or

22 (D) would conflict with the purpose of this

23 Act described in section 2(b).

24 (3) DESIGN.—The final plan shall contain a de25 sign for the site that—
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1 (A) is consistent with the architectural and

2 historical intent of the site; and

3 (B) does not detract from or distort the

4 historical interpretation or scenic views of the

5 monument and the existing park area.

6 (d) MEETINGS.—

7 (1) OPEN MEETINGS.—All meetings of the

8 study commission shall be open to the public.

9 (2) INTERESTED PERSONS.—An interested per10 son may attend a meeting of the study commission,

11 appear before the study commission, or file a state12 ment related to the purposes of this Act with the

13 study commission.

14 (e) FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

15 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the study commission.

16 (f) TERMINATION.—The study commission shall ter17 minate 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

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