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A bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, and for other purposes.

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Official summary

Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Apr 13, 2000

Title I: The Disabled American Veterans Memorial - Authorizes the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor disabled American veterans who have served in the U.S. armed forces.(Sec. 101) Prohibits Federal funds from being used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.Title II: Commemorative Works Act Amendments - Amends the Commemorative Works Act of 1986 to: (1) state as one of the Act's purposes encouraging the location of commemorative works within the urban fabric of the District; (2) exclude from the meaning of "commemorative work" any structure that is not a commemorative work as defined by the Act; (3) define sponsor; (4) update the map covered by the Act to include the "Reserve," defined as the great cross-axis of the Mall, extending from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial.(Sec. 202) Excludes a work solely commemorating a limited military engagement from the Act (currently, a work commemorating a lesser conflict). Extends from ten to 25 years the period of time that must elapse between the end of a war or military conflict and the establishment of a memorial.Changes from the House Committee on House Oversight to the House Committee on Resources committee jurisdiction over legislation authorizing commemorative works in the District and its environs.Allows members of the National Capital Memorial Commission to appoint designees to serve in their place.Prohibits the authorization of sites for commemorative works within the Reserve after January 1, 2000.Requires that a commemorative work be located to protect cultural and natural resources (as well as open space and existing public use).Prohibits commemorative work designed primarily as a museum from being located on lands under the Secretary of the Interior's jurisdiction in Area I or in East Potomac Park. Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts to develop criteria or guidelines specified to each site that are mutually agreed upon to ensure that the design of the commemorative work carries out the Act's purposes.Prohibits the acknowledgment of donor contributions to such works in any manner as part of the work or its site.Mandates that monies provided by a commemorative work's sponsor for its maintenance shall be available, without further appropriation, for the non-recurring repair of such work.Repeals the authority of the Secretary or the Administrator of the General Services Administration (as appropriate) to suspend a sponsor's activities if it is determined that fund raising efforts have misrepresented an affiliation with a commemorative work or the United States. Requires the work sponsor to submit annual operations reports, including audited financial statements, to the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate).Repeals authority to make temporary site designations.Revises provisions for expiration of legislative authority for a commemorative work seven years after its enactment. Provides in the alternative for expiration of such authority seven years from the date of enactment of authority to locate the work within Area I where such addition authority has been granted, unless (as under current law) the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) has issued a construction permit, or: (1) final design approvals have been obtained from specified commissions; and (2) 75 percent of the amount estimated to be required for memorial completion has been raised. Provides that, if these conditions are met, the Secretary or the Administrator may extend the seven-year legislative authority for up to three years. Terminates any previous site and design approvals upon expiration of the legislative authority.Directs the National Capital Planning Commission, in coordination with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Memorial Commission, to complete its master plan to guide the location and development of future memorials outside the Reserve for the next 50 years, including evaluation of and guidelines for potential sites.

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Who introduced it

Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R–AZ

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
19 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Held at the desk.

  2. Received in the House.

  3. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6399-6400)

  5. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6399-6400)

  6. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6397-6400; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6397-6398)

  7. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.

  8. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-273.

  9. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-273.

  10. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

  11. Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-383.

  12. Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.

  13. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  14. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1012-1013)

  15. Introduced in Senate

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