112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1264 
AN ACT 
To designate the property between the United States Federal 
Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 
South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the 
‘‘M.D. Anderson Plaza’’ and to authorize the placement 
of a historical/identification marker on the grounds rec-
ognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. An-
derson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Government has the responsibility to 
honor and recognize Americans who have positively 
impacted the welfare of other Americans. 
(2) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, born in Jack-
son, Tennessee, in 1873, was one of the United 
States’ most successful agri-businessmen and re-
spected philanthropists. 
(3) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, also known as 
M.D. Anderson, attended public schools in Jackson, 
Tennessee. 
(4) After attending college in Memphis, Ten-
nessee, M.D. Anderson returned to Jackson, Ten-
nessee, to work at the People’s National Bank. 
(5) In 1904, M.D. Anderson, his older brother 
Frank Anderson, along with Will Clayton, estab-
lished a partnership, Anderson, Clayton, and Com-
pany, to buy and sell cotton in Jackson, Tennessee. 
(6) In 1945, Anderson, Clayton, and Company 
was called the largest buyer, seller, storer, and ship-
per of raw cotton in the world by Fortune Magazine.
(7) In 1936, M.D. Anderson established the 
M.D. Anderson Foundation. This foundation funded 
the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center which grew into 
the largest medical complex in the world, the Texas 
Medical Center in Houston, Texas. 
(8) M.D. Anderson’s positive impact in the cot-
ton trade is still being felt by the cotton businesses 
in and around Jackson, Tennessee, and throughout 
the world. 
(9) M.D. Anderson and his foundation’s imprint 
on medical research, education, and agri-business 
should be memorialized in the town of his birth, 
Jackson, Tennessee, and deems recognition. 
SEC. 2. M.D. ANDERSON PLAZA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The property in between the 
United States Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building lo-
cated at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Ten-
nessee, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘M.D. An-
derson Plaza’’. 
(b) MARKER
AND STATUES AUTHORIZED.—West 
Tennessee Health Care Foundation is hereby authorized 
to install in a prominent location on that portion of the 
Plaza under the jurisdiction of the General Services Ad-
ministration—
(1) a Tennessee State Historical Society marker 
recognizing the outstanding achievements in busi-
ness and philanthropy on the grounds between the 
United States Courthouse and the Ed Jones Build-
ing; and 
(2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, 
with information recognizing persons who donated 
funds for the manufacturing of the statues. 
(c) DESIGN OF MARKER.—The marker authorized by 
subsection (b)(1) shall be at least 42 inches in height. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—No 
Federal funds may be expended to design the marker, to 
acquire the marker, to prepare the sight selected for the 
marker, to install the marker, or to maintain the marker 
or the statues authorized in subsection (b). 
(e) APPROVAL.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF DESIGN.—The West Ten-
nessee Health Care Foundation shall consult with 
the Administrator of General Services in the design 
of the marker and statue authorized under sub-
section (b) and shall submit a design for approval. 
(2) DESIGN APPROVAL.—The design of a mark-
er or statue as authorized under subsection (b) shall 
be subject to the approval of the Administrator.
(3) TIMING
OF
REVIEW.—The Administrator 
shall conduct a review of the design not later than 
90 days after the submission of the design. 
(4) FAILURE TO APPROVE.—In the event that 
the Administrator fails to approve the design, the 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
vironment and Public Works in the Senate detailing 
the reasons for failing to approve the design. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1264 
AN ACT 
To designate the property between the United 
States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones 
Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue 
in Jackson, Tennessee, as the ‘‘M.D. Anderson 
Plaza’’ and to authorize the placement of a his-
torical/identification marker on the grounds rec-
ognizing the achievements and philanthropy of 
M.D. Anderson.