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Calendar No. 179

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1668

[Report No. 107–77]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 26, 2001

Received

JULY 12, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

OCTOBER 1, 2001

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment

AN ACT

To authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish

a commemorative work on Federal land in the District

of Columbia and its environs to honor former President

John Adams and his legacy.

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

3 SECTION 1. COMMEMORATIVE WORK TO HONOR JOHN

4 ADAMS AND HIS LEGACY.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) Few families have contributed as profoundly

2 to the United States as the family that gave the Na3 tion its second president, John Adams; its sixth

4 president, John Quincy Adams; first ladies Abigail

5 Smith Adams and Louisa Catherine Johnson

6 Adams; and succeeding generations of statesmen,

7 diplomats, advocates, and authors.

8 (2) John Adams (1735–1826), a lawyer, a

9 statesman, and a patriot, was the author of the Con10 stitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

11 (the oldest written constitution still in force), the

12 leader of the Second Continental Congress, a driving

13 force for independence, a negotiator of the Treaty of

14 Paris (which brought the Revolutionary War to an

15 end), the first Vice President, the second President,

16 and an unwavering exponent of freedom of con17 science and the rule of law.

18 (3) Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818) was one

19 of the most remarkable women of her time. Wife of

20 former President John Adams and mother of former

21 President John Quincy Adams, she was an early ad22 vocate for the rights of women and served the cause

23 of liberty as a prolific writer, fierce patriot, and

24 staunch abolitionist.
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1 (4) John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the son

2 of John and Abigail Adams, was a distinguished

3 lawyer, legislator, and diplomat and a master of 7

4 languages, who served as Senator, Minister to the

5 Netherlands under President George Washington,

6 Minister to Prussia under the first President Adams,

7 Minister to Great Britain under President James

8 Madison, chief negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent

9 (which ended the War of 1812), Secretary of State

10 under President James Monroe, author of the Mon11 roe Doctrine (which declared the Western Hemi12 sphere off limits to European imperial expansion),

13 sixth President, and the only former President to be

14 elected to the House of Representatives, where he

15 was known as ‘‘Old Man Eloquent’’ and served with

16 great distinction as a leader in the fight against

17 slavery and a champion of unpopular causes.

18 (5) Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775–

19 1852), the wife of former President John Quincy

20 Adams, was an educated, accomplished woman and

21 the only first lady born outside the United States.

22 Like Abigail Adams, she wrote eloquently on behalf

23 of the rights of women and in opposition to slavery.

24 (6) Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886), the

25 son of John Quincy and Louisa Adams, served 6
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1 years in the Massachusetts legislature, was a stead2 fast abolitionist who received the Free Soil Party’s

3 vice-presidential nomination in 1848, was elected to

4 his father’s seat in the House of Representatives in

5 1856, and served as ambassador to Great Britain

6 during the Civil War, where his efforts were decisive

7 in preventing the British Government from recog8 nizing the independence of the Confederacy.

9 (7) Henry Adams (1838–1918), the son of

10 Charles Francis Adams, was an eminent writer,

11 scholar, historian, and public intellectual, and was

12 the author of many celebrated works, including ‘‘De13 mocracy’’, ‘‘The Education of Henry Adams’’, and

14 his 9-volume ‘‘History of the United States during

15 the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison’’.

16 (8) Both individually and collectively, the mem17 bers of this illustrious family have enriched the Na18 tion through their profound civic consciousness,

19 abiding belief in the perfectibility of the Nation’s de20 mocracy, and commitment to service and sacrifice

21 for the common good.

22 (9) Although the Congress has authorized the

23 establishment of commemorative works on Federal

24 lands in the District of Columbia honoring such cele25 brated former Presidents as George Washington,
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1 Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, the Na2 tional Capital has no comparable memorial to former

3 President John Adams.

4 (10) In recognition of the 200th anniversary of

5 the end of the presidency of John Adams, the time

6 has come to correct this oversight so that future

7 generations of Americans will know and understand

8 the preeminent historical and lasting significance to

9 the Nation of his contributions and those of his fam10 ily.

11 (b) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORATIVE

12 WORK.—The Adams Memorial Foundation may establish

13 a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of

14 Columbia and its environs to honor former President John

15 Adams, along with his wife Abigail Adams and former

16 President John Quincy Adams, and the family’s legacy of

17 public service.

18 (c) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO19 RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the commemora20 tive work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative

21 Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001, et seq.).

22 (d) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Fed23 eral funds may not be used to pay any expense of the es24 tablishment of the commemorative work. The Adams Me25 morial Foundation shall be solely responsible for accept-
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1 ance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses

2 of, the establishment of the commemorative work.

3 (e) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If, upon payment

4 of all expenses of the establishment of the commemorative

5 work (including the maintenance and preservation amount

6 provided for in section 8(b) of the Commemorative Works

7 Act (40 U.S.C. 1001, et seq.)), or upon expiration of the

8 authority for the commemorative work under section 10(b)

9 of such Act, there remains a balance of funds received for

10 the establishment of the commemorative work, the Adams

11 Memorial Foundation shall transmit the amount of the

12 balance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in

13 the account provided for in section 8(b)(1) of such Act.

14 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

15 For purposes of this Act, the terms ‘‘commemorative

16 work’’ and ‘‘the District of Columbia and its environs’’

17 have the meanings given to such terms in section 2 of the

18 Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1002).

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2001.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 179

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1668

[Report No. 107–77]

A BILL

To authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to

establish a commemorative work on Federal landin the District of Columbia and its environs tohonor former President John Adams and his legacy.

OCTOBER 1, 2001

Reported without amendment