Title: January 8th National Memorial Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
January 8th National Memorial Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System in commemoration of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson on January 8, 2011.
The memorial shall not be established until Interior certifies that Tucson's January 8th Memorial Foundation, which shall be the management entity for the memorial, has established a trust fund to receive donations and provide for the construction, operation, maintenance, and management of the memorial.
Interior shall develop a general management plan for the memorial.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 62 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 62

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th 
  National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the 
             National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2017

 Mr. Flake (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th 
  National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the 
             National Park System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``January 8\th\ National Memorial 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The tragedy of January 8, 2011, at Congresswoman 
        Gabrielle Gifford's ``Congress on Your Corner'' event resulted 
        in the deaths of 6 people (Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy 
        Morris, U.S. District Court Judge John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, 
        Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabe Zimmerman) and injury of 13 others 
        (Congresswoman Giffords, Bill Badger, Ron Barber, Kenneth 
        Dorushka, James Eric Fuller, Randy Gardner, Susan Hileman, 
        George Morris, Mary Reed, Pam Simon, Mavanell Stoddard, Jim 
        Tucker, and Kenneth Veeder).
            (2) This was the first time in the history of the United 
        States that an assassination attempt was made upon a 
        Congressional Member while she was meeting with constituents.
            (3) Congresswoman Giffords sustained severe injuries that 
        affect her to this day.
            (4) Gabe Zimmerman was the first Congressional staffer to 
        be assassinated in the line of duty.
            (5) The Arizona community and people from all over the 
        world came together in the days that followed the tragedy to 
        provide comfort and support to one another at three spontaneous 
        memorial vigil sites--
                    (A) the shopping center where the shooting took 
                place;
                    (B) the front lawn of University Medical Center, 
                where many of the victims were treated; and
                    (C) at Congresswoman Giffords' Tucson district 
                office.
            (6) Tucson's January 8th Memorial will not only be a 
        tribute to those who died that day, but also to the local, 
        national, and international response to the tragedy.
            (7) The memorial will be constructed, managed, and 
        maintained to be a place where visitors, young and old, can 
        learn not only about one horrific event, but about the 
        resilience of a community and the durability of democracy in 
        the United States.

SEC. 3. JANUARY 8\TH\ NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Memorial.--The term ``Memorial'' means the January 
        8\th\ National Memorial.
            (2) Foundation.--The term ``Foundation'' means the Tucson's 
        January 8\th\ Memorial Foundation, an organization described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``January 
        8 Memorial Site Map'', numbered JAN8M 001, and dated January 
        2016.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) January 8\th\ National Memorial.--
            (1) Establishment.--As soon as practicable after the 
        Secretary determines that the Foundation has complied with 
        paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish the Memorial as an 
        affiliated area of the National Park System.
            (2) Trust fund.--The Memorial shall not be established 
        before the date on which the Secretary certifies in a written 
        report submitted to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate that the Foundation has 
        established a trust fund for the purposes of--
                    (A) receiving donations submitted to the 
                Foundation; and
                    (B) providing for the construction, operation, 
                maintenance, and management of the Memorial.
            (3) Description.--The Memorial shall consist of the area 
        generally depicted as the ``Memorial Boundary'' on the map.
            (4) Management entity.--The Foundation shall--
                    (A) be the management entity for the Memorial; and
                    (B) be responsible for the construction, operation, 
                maintenance, and management of the Memorial.
            (5) Administration.--The Memorial shall cease to be an 
        affiliated area of the National Park System if the Foundation--
                    (A) fails to manage the Memorial in accordance with 
                this Act and all laws generally applicable to units of 
                the National Park System; or
                    (B) ceases to maintain the trust fund required to 
                be established under paragraph (2).
            (6) Availability of map.--The map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection at the appropriate offices of 
        the National Park Service.
            (7) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may provide 
        technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with 
        the Foundation for the purpose of providing financial 
        assistance with marketing of the Memorial.
            (8) Limited role of the secretary.--Nothing in this Act 
        authorizes the Secretary to acquire property or to use Federal 
        funds for the construction, operation, maintenance, or 
        management of the Memorial.
            (9) General management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation 
                with the Foundation, shall develop a general management 
                plan for the Memorial. The plan shall be prepared in 
                accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 
                States Code.
                    (B) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the 
                date that funds are first made available for this Act 
                or the Memorial is established by the Secretary, 
                whichever date is later, the Secretary shall provide a 
                copy of the completed general management plan to the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate.
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