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Union Calendar No. 317 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3036 
[Report No. 114–416] 
To designate the National September 11 Memorial located at the World 
Trade Center site in New York City, New York, as a national memorial, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2015 
Mr. MACARTHUR (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. GIBSON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COOK, 
Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PIERLUISI, Miss RICE of 
New York, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. SIRES, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. PAS-
CRELL, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KATKO, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. COLLINS 
of New York, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. REED, 
Mr. COLE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. VELA, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
HANNA, Mr. LANCE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, 
Mr. DENT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
THORNBERRY, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. 
AMODEI, Mr. BYRNE, Ms. MENG, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
NUNES, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. GAR-
RETT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. 
DUCKWORTH, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. 
SERRANO 
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FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 13, 2015] 
A BILL 
To designate the National September 11 Memorial located 
at the World Trade Center site in New York City, New 
York, as a national memorial, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘9/11 Memorial Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit organization as defined in sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘National September 11 Memorial Proposed 
Boundary’’, numbered 903/128928, and dated June 
2015. 
(3) NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL.—The 
term ‘‘National September 11 Memorial’’ means the 
area approximately bounded by Fulton, Greenwich, 
Liberty and West Streets as generally depicted on the 
map. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MEMORIAL. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The National September 11 Me-
morial is hereby designated as a national memorial. 
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(b) MAP.—The map shall be available for public in-
spection and kept on file at the appropriate office of the 
Secretary. 
(c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo-
rial designated under this section shall not be a unit of the 
National Park System and the designation of the national 
memorial shall not be construed to require or authorize Fed-
eral funds to be expended for any purpose related to the 
national memorial except as provided under section 4. 
SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR CERTAIN MEMORIALS. 
(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary may award a single grant 
per year through a competitive process to an eligible entity 
for the operation and maintenance of any memorial located 
within the United States established to commemorate the 
events of and honor— 
(1) the victims of the terrorist attacks on the 
World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Air-
lines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001; and 
(2) the victims of the terrorist attack on the 
World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available under this 
section shall remain available until expended. 
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