Joint resolution Authorizing the erection of a statue of Taras Shevchenko on public grounds in the District of Columbia
PL 86-749 (H.J.Res.311), enacted 09/13/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-749-SEPT. 13, 1960 
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SEC. 2. The Joint Committee on Printing is authorized and directed 
to cause to be prepared three arrangements of the musical composition 
"Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" suitable for use in nonprofessional 
performances. 
One arrangement shall be for vocal, one for band, and 
one for orchestral performance. 
The Joint Committee on Printing 
shall cause to be printed and distributed one hundred copies of each 
such arrangement to each Membsr of Congress and to the Kesident 
Commissioner from Puerto Kico. 
SEC. 3. The Joint Committee on Printing shall cause copies of the 
arrangements authorized by section 2 to be printed for sale to the 
public through the Superintendent of Documents, and shall cause 
additional copies to be printed from time to time for such purpose in 
such quantities as may be necessary to meet public demand. 
Approved September 13, 1960. 
September 13, 1960 
[H. J. Res. 311] 
Public Law 86-749 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the erection of a statue of Taras Shevchenko on public grounds in 
the District of Columbia. 
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Whereas throughout Eastern Europe, in the last century and this, the 
name and works of Taras Shevchenko brilliantly reflected the 
aspirations of man for personal liberty and national independence; 
and 
Whereas Shevchenko, the poet laureate of Ukraine, was openly 
inspired by our great American tradition to fight against the 
imperialist and colonial occupation of his native land; and 
Whereas in many parts of the free world observances of the Shev-
chenko centennial will be held during 1961 in honor of this immortal 
champion of liberty; and 
Whereas in our moral capacity as free men in an independent Nation 
it behooves us to symbolize tangibly the inseparable spiritual ties 
bound in the writings of Shevchenko between our country and the 
forty million Ukrainian nation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the SenoM aTid House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) any association or 
committee organized for such purpose within two years from the date 
of the enactment of this joint resolution is hereby authorized to place 
on land owned by the United States in the District of Columbia a 
statue of the Ukrainian poet and national leader, Taras Shevchenko. 
(b) The authority granted by subsection (a) of this section shall 
cease to exist, unless within five years after the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution (1) the erection of the statue is begun, and (2) 
the association or committee certifies to the Secretary of the Interior 
the amount of funds available for the purpose of the completion of the 
statue and the Secretary determines that such funds are adequate for 
such purpose. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
select an appropriate site upon which to erect the statue authorized 
in the first section. 
The choice of the site and the design and plans 
for such statue shall be subject to the approval of the Commission on 
Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. 
Such 
statue shall be erected without expense to the United States. 
Approved September 13, 1960.