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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1804

To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have

lost their lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts,

training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 13, 1999

Mr. LATOURETTE (for himself, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BILBRAY,

Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COOK, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.

CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DIAZBALART, Mr. DIXON, Ms. DUNN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr.

FOSSELLA, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. FROST, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr.

GONZALEZ, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr.

HILL of Indiana, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon,

Mr. HORN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms.

KILPATRICK, Mr. KING, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LIPINSKI,

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHUGH, Ms.

MCKINNEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of

Florida, Mr. METCALF, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. GARY MILLER

of California, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

PASCRELL, Mr. PITTS, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REYES,

Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr.

SHIMKUS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SNYDER, Mr.

SPRATT, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr.

TRAFICANT, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WYNN,

and Mr. YOUNG of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to
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establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its

environs to soldiers who have lost their lives during

peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, training,

terrorist attacks, or covert operations.

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 Pyramid of Remembrance

5 Foundation is authorized to establish a memorial on Fed6 eral land in the District of Columbia or its environs to

7 honor members of the Armed Forces of the United States

8 who have lost their lives during peacekeeping operations,

9 humanitarian efforts, training, terrorist attacks, or covert

10 operations.

11 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO12 RATIVE WORKS.—The Pyramid of Remembrance Founda13 tion shall establish the memorial authorized by this Act

14 in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act (40

15 U.S.C. 1001, et seq.), except that section 3(c) of that Act

16 shall not apply.

17 SEC. 2. FUNDS FOR MEMORIAL.

18 (a) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Except

19 as provided by the Commemorative Works Act, no Federal

20 funds may be used to pay any expense of the establish21 ment of the memorial.

22 (b) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If—
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1 (1) upon payment of all expenses of the estab2 lishment of the memorial, including payment to the

3 Treasury of the maintenance and preservation

4 amount required by section 8(b) of the Commemora5 tive Works Act; or

6 (2) upon expiration of the authority for the me7 morial under section 10(b) of the Commemorative

8 Works Act,

9 there remains a balance of funds received for the establish10 ment of the memorial, the Pyramid of Remembrance

11 Foundation shall transmit that balance to the Secretary

12 of the Treasury for deposit in the account provided for

13 in section 8(b)(1) of the Commemorative Works Act.

14 SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

15 For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘the District

16 of Columbia and its environs’’ has the meaning given that

17 term in section 2 of the Commemorative Works Act.

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