I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6672 
To authorize the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to establish the Republic 
of Texas Legation Memorial as a commemorative work in the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 17, 2018 
Mr. CULBERSON (for himself and Mr. POE of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to 
establish the Republic of Texas Legation Memorial as 
a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Republic of Texas Le-
gation Memorial Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act: 
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(1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 
means the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a 
corporation organized under the laws of the State of 
Texas and described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘memorial’’ means 
the Republic of Texas Legation Memorial authorized 
to be established under section 3. 
SEC. 3. MEMORIAL TO COMMEMORATE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORA-
TIVE WORK.—The Association may establish the Republic 
of Texas Legation Memorial as a commemorative work, 
on Federal land in the District of Columbia to commemo-
rate and honor those who, as representatives of the Repub-
lic of Texas, served in the District of Columbia as dip-
lomats to the United States and made possible the annex-
ation of Texas as the twenty-eighth State of the United 
States. 
(b) TYPE OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK.—The memo-
rial shall consist of a plaque containing an inscription rec-
ognizing the Republic of Texas Legation. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS ACT.—The establishment of the com-
memorative work shall be in accordance with chapter 89 
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of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’). 
(d) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Fed-
eral funds may not be used to pay any expense of the es-
tablishment of the memorial. The Association shall be 
solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and 
payment of the expenses of, the establishment of the me-
morial. 
(e) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.— 
(1) If upon payment of all expenses for the es-
tablishment of the memorial (including the mainte-
nance and preservation amount required by section 
8906(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code), there 
remains a balance of funds received for the estab-
lishment of the commemorative work, the Associa-
tion shall transmit the amount of the balance to the 
Secretary of the Interior for deposit in the account 
provided for in section 8906(b)(3) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(2) If upon expiration of the authority for the 
commemorative work under section 8903(e) of title 
40, United States Code, there remains a balance of 
funds received for the establishment of the com-
memorative work, the Association shall transmit the 
balance to a separate account with the National 
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Park Foundation for memorials, to be available to 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator 
(as appropriate) following the process provided in 
section 8906(b)(4) of title 40, United States Code, 
for accounts established under section 8906(b)(2) or 
(3) of title 40, United States Code. 
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