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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Sep 23, 1997
Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997 - Establishes: (1) the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as a National Park System unit; and (2) the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust, as a wholly owned Government corporation, to administer the operation, maintenance, management, and interpretation of the Memorial. Requires the Trust to develop a cooperative agreement for management of lands, operations, and facilities within the Memorial. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Trust to enter into such agreement pursuant to which the Secretary shall: (1) provide technical assistance for the planning, preservation, maintenance, management, and interpretation of the Memorial; and (2) provide such maintenance, interpretation, curatorial management, and general management as mutually agreed. Authorizes appropriations. Requires amounts appropriated in any fiscal year to carry out this Act to be expended only on a matching basis in a ratio of at least one non-Federal dollar to every Federal dollar. Requires, before the construction of the Memorial, the Administrator of the General Services Administration to exchange, sell, lease, donate, or otherwise dispose of the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, or a portion thereof, to the Trust. Exempts such disposal from: (1) the Public Buildings Act of 1959; (2) the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and (3) any other Federal law establishing requirements or procedures for Federal property disposal. Directs the General Accounting Office, six years after the first meeting of the Trust's Board of Directors, to study and report to specified congressional committees on the Trust's activities.
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Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R–OK
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Became Public Law No: 105-58.
Became Public Law No: 105-58.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9914)
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9914)
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 414 - 7 (Roll no. 423).
House roll call 423 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 414 - 7 (Roll no. 423).
House roll call 423 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7713-7714)
At the conclusion of debate, the Speaker put the question on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill and announced that, by voice vote, the Motion was agreed to. Mr. Condit objected to the vote on grounds that a quorum was not present and made a point of order that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings were postponed and the point of no quourum was withdrawn.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7642-7646)
Mr. Hansen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-71.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-71.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8410-8415)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S8410-8415)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-211.
Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-208.
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5463)
Introduced in Senate
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