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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2918
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a memorial to Native
Americans in the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a
memorial to Native Americans in the District of Columbia.
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 ‘‘Native American Me-
morial Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to establish, in the District of Columbia, a me-
morial to Native Americans.
(b) LOCATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The memorial shall be situ-
ated in a location that is—
(A) within the area that is referred to in
the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C.
1001 et seq.) as Area 1 and in close proximity
to the National Museum of the American In-
dian; and
(B) recommended by the Secretary of the
Interior and the National Capital Memorial
Commission not later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
COMMEMORATIVE
WORKS ACT.—This Act shall be treated as satisfying
the authorization and location approval requirements
of section 6 of the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1006).
(c) DESIGN.—The Secretary of the Interior and the
National Capital Memorial Commission shall—
(1) not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, begin soliciting proposals for
the design of the memorial from architects; and
(2) not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, select a design for the memorial
from the proposals submitted to the Secretary.
(d) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in coordination with the Director of the Smith-
sonian Institution, may accept donations of any nec-
essary funds from private sector sources to design,
construct, and maintain the memorial.
(2) ACCOUNT
IN
TREASURY.—The Secretary
shall deposit amounts that are accepted under this
subsection into a separate account in the Treasury
established for such purpose. Amounts deposited
into the account shall be available for expenditure by
the Secretary without further appropriation to carry
out this Act.
SEC. 3. REPORTS.
(a) PERIODIC REPORTS.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, and each 6 months
thereafter until the submission of a final report under sub-
section (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit
to the Congress a report on activities with regard to the
memorial.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit
to the Congress a final report on activities with regard
to the memorial, including the recommended design of the
memorial.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the
Interior such sums as may be necessary for carrying out
this Act.
(b) LIMITATION.—No sums may be appropriated to
the Secretary for the construction of the memorial unless
at least one-third of the estimated total cost of the con-
struction of the memorial is donated from private sources
pursuant to section 2(d).
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