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Union Calendar No. 249 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2070 
[Report No. 112–368] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the World 
War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an 
inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed 
with the Nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2011 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
JANUARY 18, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PLATTS, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. KELLY, Mr. 
BARLETTA, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
ROE of Tennessee, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. AUSTRIA, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. WEST, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. 
PITTS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. PENCE, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
FLORES, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 
Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. 
GUINTA, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. FORBES, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. JONES, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. HUIZENGA 
of Michigan, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. HECK, and Mr. HARPER 
JANUARY 18, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 1, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the 
area of the World War II Memorial in the District of 
Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the 
words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with 
the Nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘World War II Memorial 
Prayer Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF PLAQUE OR INSCRIPTION AT 
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. 
The Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) shall install in the area of the World War II 
Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable 
plaque or an inscription with the words that Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the Nation 
on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day; 
(2) shall design, procure, prepare, and install the 
plaque or inscription referred to in paragraph (1); 
and 
(3) may not use Federal funds to prepare or in-
stall the plaque or inscription referred to in para-
graph (1), but may accept and expend private con-
tributions for this purpose. 
SEC. 3. COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT. 
Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code, (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’) shall not apply 
to this Act. 
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