IA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 237
To authorize the construction of an international monument in the District
of Columbia to honor the victims of Communism.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BART-
LETT of Maryland, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr.
CONDIT, Mr. COX, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DREIER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr.
GALLEGLY, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON
of Texas, Mr. KYL, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. MCHALE, Mrs.
MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. PAXON, Mr. PORTER, Ms. ROS-
LEHTINEN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SWETT, and Mr. WILSON) in-
troduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on House Administration
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the construction of an international monument
in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of
Communism.
Whereas since 1917 the rulers of empires and international
communism led by Vladimir Y. Lenin and Mao Tse-tung
have been responsible for the deaths of over 100,000,000
victims in an unprecedented imperial communist holo-
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caust through conquests, revolutions, civil wars, purges,
wars by proxy, and other violent means;
Whereas the imperialist regimes of international communism
have brutally suppressed the human rights, national inde-
pendence, religious liberty, intellectual freedom, and cul-
tural life of the peoples of over 40 captive nations;
Whereas there is a danger that the heroic sacrifices of the
victims of communism may be forgotten as international
communism and its imperial bases continue to collapse
and crumble; and
Whereas the sacrifices of these victims should be permanently
memoralized so that never again will nations and peoples
allow so evil a tyranny to terrorize the world: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MEMORIAL.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The National Captive Nations
Committee, Inc., is authorized to construct in the District
of Columbia an appropriate international memorial to
honor victims of Communism.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The design, location, and construction
of the memorial authorized by subsection (a) shall be sub-
ject to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide standards for
placement of commemorative works on certain Federal
lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and
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for other purposes’’, approved November 14, 1986 (40
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
The National Captive Nations Committee, Inc., shall
be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for,
and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of the
memorial. No Federal funds may be used to pay any ex-
pense of the establishment of the memorial.
SEC. 3. DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.
If, upon payment of all expenses of the establishment
of the memorial (including the maintenance and preserva-
tion amount provided for in section 8(b) of the Act re-
ferred to in section 1(b)), or upon expiration of the author-
ity for the memorial under section 10(b) of that Act, there
remains a balance of funds received for the establishment
of the memorial, the National Captive Nations Committee,
Inc., shall transmit the amount of the balance to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for deposit in the account provided
for in section 8(b)(1) of that Act.
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