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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1115 
To authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate 
and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active 
duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. KINZINGER, 
Mr. CLYDE, Mr. BROWN, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. MAST, Mr. STEWART, 
Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. LAMB, Mr. BACON, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. WALTZ, 
Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. STIV-
ERS, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PFLUGER, 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, and Mr. GARCIA of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To authorize the location of a memorial on the National 
Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the 
Armed Forces that served on active duty in support 
of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global War on Ter-
rorism Memorial Location Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nearing two decades after the September 
11 attacks against the United States, America con-
tinues the Global War on Terrorism, at great per-
sonal cost to men and women serving on active duty 
in the Nation’s Armed Forces and to those whose 
support they depend upon to fulfill their duties. 
(2) Civil servants from Federal agencies, the in-
telligence community, local emergency responders, 
and other civilian support personnel have made sig-
nificant sacrifices in their service in the Global War 
on Terrorism. 
(3) Honoring the losses endured by these indi-
viduals and their families, in 2017 Congress unani-
mously passed and the President signed Public Law 
115–51, which allowed the Global War on Terrorism 
Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial to the 
fallen on Federal land in the District of Columbia. 
(4) Given the significance of the Global War on 
Terrorism as the longest-running conflict in United 
States history and the magnitude of the sacrifice in-
volved in these operations, it is appropriate to locate 
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the memorial to the Global War on Terrorism within 
the Reserve alongside existing memorials to the Na-
tion’s major armed conflicts. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMORIAL 
LOCATION. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Global War 
on Terrorism Memorial Foundation may establish a Na-
tional Global War on Terrorism Memorial within the Re-
serve. 
(b) LOCATION.—The Memorial shall be located at one 
of the following sites, as identified in and consistent with 
the document known as ‘‘The Memorials and Museums 
Master Plan’’: 
(1) Potential Site 1—Constitution Gardens, 
Prime Candidate Site 10 in The Memorials and Mu-
seums Master Plan. 
(2) Potential Site 2—JFK Hockey Fields, 
Prime Candidate Site 18 in The Memorials and Mu-
seums Master Plan. 
(3) Potential Site 3—West Potomac Park, Can-
didate Site 70 in The Memorials and Museums Mas-
ter Plan. 
(c) COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.—Except as other-
wise provided by subsections (a) and (b), chapter 89 of 
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title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply to the Memo-
rial. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following definitions apply— 
(1) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 
the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial au-
thorized by subsection (a). 
(2) RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Reserve’’ has the 
meaning given that term in 8902(a)(3) of title 40, 
United States Code. 
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