(5) While a memorial to General John Pershing 
and the American Expeditionary Forces that he led 
during World War I is located in the District of Co-
lumbia, that memorial is not located on the Mall and 
does not commemorate the total participation of the 
United States and its Armed Forces in World War 
I. 
(6) The District of Columbia War Memorial is 
located on the Mall, adjacent to the Lincoln Reflect-
ing Pool between the World War II and Korean War 
memorials, and was erected in memory of the 499 
residents of the District of Columbia who died in 
World War I. 
(7) The District of Columbia War Memorial is 
in extreme disrepair and is often overlooked by resi-
dents and visitors to Washington. 
(8) In recognition of the upcoming anniver-
saries of America’s entry into World War I, and of 
the armistice that concluded World War I on No-
vember 11, 1918, and in order to honor the mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces who served 
in World War I and to ensure that future genera-
tions of Americans will know the complete history of 
America’s 20th-century struggle against aggression 
and totalitarianism, it is timely and proper to re-
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dedicate the site of the District of Columbia War 
Memorial on the National Mall as a ‘‘National and 
District of Columbia World War I Memorial’’. 
(9) Because this Act authorizes the rededication 
and related enhancement of a commemorative work 
that already exists, and that is already sited within 
the Reserve as defined in Commemorative Works 
Act, the provisions of the Commemorative Works 
Act regarding site approval and location of com-
memorative works do not apply to this Act. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORATIVE 
WORK. 
The World War I Memorial Foundation is authorized 
to establish a commemorative work rededicating the Dis-
trict of Columbia War Memorial as a National and Dis-
trict of Columbia World War I Memorial, including— 
(1) full restoration of the existing District of 
Columbia War Memorial; and 
(2) the addition of an appropriate sculptural or 
other commemorative element, which shall com-
plement and preserve the existing memorial and its 
landscape, at the site of the existing memorial to 
make it a national memorial. 
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SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMORA-
TIVE WORKS; LOCATION OF MEMORIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), the rededication of the District of Columbia War Me-
morial shall be in accordance with chapter 89 of title 40, 
United States Code (popularly known as the Commemora-
tive Works Act). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Sections 8908 and 8905 of title 40, 
United States Code shall not apply to this Act. 
SEC. 5. PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS. 
The Foundation shall solicit and accept private con-
tributions for the memorial. 
SEC. 6. DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS. 
If, upon payment of all expenses of the rededication 
(including the maintenance and preservation amount pro-
vided for in chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code, 
or upon expiration of the authority for the commemorative 
work under such chapter), there remains a balance of 
funds received for the establishment of the commemorative 
work, the World War I Memorial Foundation shall trans-
mit the amount of the balance to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for deposit in the account provided for in section 
8906(b) of title 40, United States Code. 
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