Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act

Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources, District of Columbia, Members of Congress, Monuments and memorials, Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers, Racial and ethnic relations, Senate

Summary:  <p><b>Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act </b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia and take other specified actions.</p> <p>Specifically, Interior must</p> <ul> <li>remove the brass plaque bearing the name <i>Senator Francis G. Newlands</i> from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District; </li> <li>remove from the south end of the memorial fountain's face, the stone, tablet-like projection bearing the name of <i>Francis Griffith Newlands</i> and a related inscription; </li> <li>remove or permanently conceal the name <i>Newlands Memorial Fountain</i> carved into the upper face of the memorial fountain's coping stones; and </li> <li>offer the items removed to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands for a 60-day period, and if not claimed within that period, direct the removed items to be maintained by the National Park Service as federal property and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum collection.</li> </ul>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 417 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 417

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove or permanently 
  conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial 
fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2023

 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove or permanently 
  conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial 
fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PLAQUE AND CONCRETE FROM MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN GROUNDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) remove the brass plaque bearing the name ``Senator 
        Francis G. Newlands'' from the grounds of the memorial 
        fountain;
            (2) remove from the south end of the memorial fountain's 
        face, the stone, tablet-like projection bearing the name of 
        ``Francis Griffith Newlands'' and a related inscription;
            (3) remove or permanently conceal the name ``Newlands'' 
        carved into the upper face of the memorial fountain's coping 
        stones; and
            (4) offer the items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1), 
        (2), and (3) to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands 
        for a period of 60 days, and if not claimed within that period, 
        direct the items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and 
        (3) to be maintained by the National Park Service as Federal 
        property and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum 
        collection.
    (b) Memorial Fountain.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``memorial fountain'' means the memorial fountain located at Chevy 
Chase Circle, Connecticut Avenue and Western Avenue, NW, in the 
District of Columbia.
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