A joint resolution approving the location of a memorial to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in service to that cause.

Bill: 117-sjres-62
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-09-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Monuments and memorials

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Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution approves of a location of a commemorative work to honor the commitment of the United States to a free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in service to that cause. Specifically, the approved location is within Area I, as depicted on the map titled <em>Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs</em>, and dated June 24, 2003. </p>

tv_txt: IIA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 62 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 14, 2022 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Portman , and Mr. Van Hollen ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in service to that cause.

Whereas section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, provides that the location of a commemorative work in Area I, as depicted on the map entitled Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs , numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003 (referred to in this preamble as Area I ), shall be deemed to be authorized only if a recommendation for the location is approved by law not later than 150 calendar days after the date on which Congress is notified of the recommendation; Whereas the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act ( 40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 116–253 ) authorized the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in service to that cause (referred to in this preamble as the memorial ); and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of the determination of the Secretary of the Interior that the memorial should be located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it

That the location of a commemorative work to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in service to that cause within Area I, as depicted on the map entitled Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs , numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, is approved.