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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3019 
To direct the Smithsonian Institution and the American Folklife Center 
at the Library of Congress to jointly carry out the COVID–19 Pandemic 
Memorial Quilt Project to honor and remember Americans who have 
lost their lives to the COVID–19 Pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2021 
Mr. CARSON (for himself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CASE, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. LEVIN of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, and 
Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Smithsonian Institution and the American 
Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to jointly 
carry out the COVID–19 Pandemic Memorial Quilt 
Project to honor and remember Americans who have 
lost their lives to the COVID–19 Pandemic, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Memorial 
Quilt Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. COVID–19 PANDEMIC MEMORIAL QUILT PROJECT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
AND OPERATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of 
the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 
shall jointly carry out a project to be known as the 
‘‘COVID–19 Pandemic Memorial Quilt Project’’ to honor 
and remember Americans who have lost their lives to the 
COVID–19 Pandemic. 
(b) SCOPE OF PROJECT.—Under the Project, the 
Secretary and the Director shall— 
(1) provide for the design, creation, and display 
of a memorial quilt consisting of individual panels in 
memory of those who have lost their lives to the 
COVID–19 Pandemic; and 
(2) carry out other commemorative program-
ming and exhibits to honor the victims of the 
COVID–19 Pandemic. 
(c) SPECIFICS OF MEMORIAL QUILT.— 
(1) SPECIFICS.—In providing for the design, 
creation, and display of the memorial quilt described 
in subsection (b)(1), the Secretary and Director 
shall provide for the following: 
(A) The design and creation of the quilt. 
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(B) Agreements with the Architect of the 
Capitol for the first display of the quilt to be 
held on the United States Capitol Grounds. 
(C) Agreements with the National Park 
Service for the second display of the quilt to be 
held on the National Mall. 
(D) Agreements with museums, institu-
tions of higher education, and other appropriate 
persons to display portions of the quilt, and to 
provide such museums, institutions, and other 
persons with educational materials relating to 
the creation of the quilt and the history of the 
Pandemic. 
(E) Making information on the quilt avail-
able on the official public website of the Smith-
sonian Institution and the American Folklife 
Center at the Library of Congress. 
(F) The provision for the appropriate stor-
age and preservation of the quilt. 
(2) ASSISTANCE TO ARTISTS FROM NATIONAL 
ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the National Endowment for 
the Arts such sums as may be necessary for the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts to make grants-in-aid to individual artists 
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