To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the "M.D. Anderson Plaza" and to authorize the placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson.
PL 112-85 (H.R.1264), enacted 01/03/2012

125 STAT. 1871 
PUBLIC LAW 112–85—JAN. 3, 2012 
Public Law 112–85 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and 
the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Ten-
nessee, as the ‘‘M.D. Anderson Plaza’’ and to authorize the placement of a histor-
ical/identification marker on the grounds recognizing the achievements and philan-
thropy of M.D. Anderson. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Government has the responsibility to honor and 
recognize Americans who have positively impacted the welfare 
of other Americans. 
(2) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, born in Jackson, Ten-
nessee, in 1873, was one of the United States’ most successful 
agri-businessmen and respected philanthropists. 
(3) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, also known as M.D. Ander-
son, attended public schools in Jackson, Tennessee. 
(4) After attending college in Memphis, Tennessee, M.D. 
Anderson returned to Jackson, Tennessee, to work at the Peo-
ple’s National Bank. 
(5) In 1904, M.D. Anderson, his older brother Frank Ander-
son, along with Will Clayton, established a partnership, Ander-
son, Clayton, and Company, to buy and sell cotton in Jackson, 
Tennessee. 
(6) In 1945, Anderson, Clayton, and Company was called 
the largest buyer, seller, storer, and shipper of raw cotton 
in the world by Fortune Magazine. 
(7) In 1936, M.D. Anderson established the M.D. Anderson 
Foundation. This foundation funded the M.D. Anderson Cancer 
Center which grew into the largest medical complex in the 
world, the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. 
(8) M.D. Anderson’s positive impact in the cotton trade 
is still being felt by the cotton businesses in and around Jack-
son, Tennessee, and throughout the world. 
(9) M.D. Anderson and his foundation’s imprint on medical 
research, education, and agri-business should be memorialized 
in the town of his birth, Jackson, Tennessee, and deems recogni-
tion. 
Jan. 3, 2012 
[H.R. 1264] 
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125 STAT. 1872 
PUBLIC LAW 112–85—JAN. 3, 2012 
SEC. 2. M.D. ANDERSON PLAZA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The property in between the United States 
Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South High-
land Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘M.D. Anderson Plaza’’. 
(b) MARKER
AND
STATUES
AUTHORIZED.—West Tennessee 
Health Care Foundation is hereby authorized to install in a promi-
nent location on that portion of the Plaza under the jurisdiction 
of the General Services Administration— 
(1) a Tennessee State Historical Society marker recognizing 
the outstanding achievements in business and philanthropy 
on the grounds between the United States Courthouse and 
the Ed Jones Building; and 
(2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, with 
information recognizing persons who donated funds for the 
manufacturing of the statues. 
(c) DESIGN OF MARKER.—The marker authorized by subsection 
(b)(1) shall be at least 42 inches in height. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—No Federal funds 
may be expended to design the marker, to acquire the marker, 
to prepare the sight selected for the marker, to install the marker, 
or to maintain the marker or the statues authorized in subsection 
(b). 
(e) APPROVAL.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF DESIGN.—The West Tennessee Health 
Care Foundation shall consult with the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services in the design of the marker and statue authorized 
under subsection (b) and shall submit a design for approval. 
(2) DESIGN APPROVAL.—The design of a marker or statue 
as authorized under subsection (b) shall be subject to the 
approval of the Administrator. 
(3) TIMING OF REVIEW.—The Administrator shall conduct 
a review of the design not later than 90 days after the submis-
sion of the design. 
(4) FAILURE TO APPROVE.—In the event that the Adminis-
trator fails to approve the design, the Administrator shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure in the House of Representatives and the Committee 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
Consultation. 
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125 STAT. 1873 
PUBLIC LAW 112–85—JAN. 3, 2012 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1264: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–325 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 
Dec. 12, 14, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
on Environment and Public Works in the Senate detailing 
the reasons for failing to approve the design. 
Approved January 3, 2012. 
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