I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1247
To expand the fund raising authorities of the American Battle Monuments
Commission to expedite the establishment of the World War II memorial
in the District of Columbia and to ensure adequate funds for the repair
and long-term maintenance of the memorial, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1999
Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To expand the fund raising authorities of the American Bat-
tle Monuments Commission to expedite the establishment
of the World War II memorial in the District of Colum-
bia and to ensure adequate funds for the repair and
long-term maintenance of the memorial, 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 ‘‘World War II Memo-
rial Completion Act’’.
SEC. 2. FUND RAISING BY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS
COMMISSION FOR WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.
(a) CODIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY; EX-
PANSION OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Chapter 21 of title 36,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘§ 2113. World War II memorial in the District of Co-
lumbia
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘World War II memorial’ means
the memorial authorized by Public Law 103–32
(107 Stat. 90) to be established by the American
Battle Monuments Commission on Federal land in
the District of Columbia or its environs to honor
members of the Armed Forces who served in World
War II and to commemorate the participation of the
United States in that war.
‘‘(2) The term ‘Commission’ means the Amer-
ican Battle Monuments Commission.
‘‘(3) The term ‘memorial fund’ means the fund
created by subsection (c).
‘‘(b) SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Consistent with the authority of the Commission
under section 2103(e) of this title, the Commission shall
solicit and accept contributions for the World War II me-
morial.
‘‘(c) CREATION OF MEMORIAL FUND.—(1) There is
hereby created in the Treasury a fund for the World War
II memorial, which shall consist of the following:
‘‘(A) Amounts deposited, and interest and pro-
ceeds credited, under paragraph (2).
‘‘(B) Obligations obtained under paragraph (3).
‘‘(C) The amount of surcharges paid to the
Commission for the World War II memorial under
the World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative
Coins Act.
‘‘(D) Amounts borrowed using the authority
provided under subsection (e).
‘‘(E) Any funds received by the Commission
under section 2103(l) of this title in exchange for
use of, or the right to use, any mark, copyright or
patent.
‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Commission shall deposit
in the memorial fund the amounts accepted as contribu-
tions under subsection (b). The Secretary of the Treasury
shall credit to the memorial fund the interest on, and the
proceeds from sale or redemption of, obligations held in
the memorial fund.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest any
portion of the memorial fund that, as determined by the
Chairman of the Commission, is not required to meet cur-