Joint resolution authorizing Father Flanagan's Boys' Home to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs
PL 89-325 (H.J.Res.641), enacted 11/07/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-325-NOV. 7, 1965 
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TITLE IV 
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.SEC. 404. 'Hie authority of the President to sell or lend naval vessels jg^^""'"''"^"''" 
under this :Vct terminates on I)e«'ember31, 1967. 
Approved November ,5, 1965. 
Public Law 89-325 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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Authorizing Father Flanagan's Boys' Home to erect a memorial in the District 
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of Columbia or its environs. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That Father Flanagan's 
^-C- memorial, 
Boys' Home of Boys Town, Nebraska, is authorized to erect a memorial Boys^'^jfome.^^^"*'' 
on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in 
honor and commemoration of Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder 
of the world famous home for underprivileged and homeless boys. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
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to select, with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the ^'**' 
jSTational Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public 
grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, upon which may 
be erected the memorial authorized in the first section of this joint 
resolution. 
If the site selected is on public grounds belonging to or 
under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of Columbia, 
the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Col-
umbia shall also be obtained. 
(b) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to the 
design. 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine 
Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, and the United 
States and the District of Columbia shall be put to no expense in the 
erection thereof. 
SEC. 3. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution 
conditions. 
shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced 
within five years from the date of enactment of this joint resolution, 
and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in an 
amount: sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, to 
insure completion of the memorial. 
SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected imder 
Maintenance. 
the provisions of this joint resolution shall be the responsibility of the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Approved November 7, 1965.