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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.

Introduced: January 26, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2000
Held at the desk.
Jul 11, 2000
Received in the House.
Jul 11, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 10, 2000
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6399-6400)
Jul 10, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6399-6400)
Jul 10, 2000
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6397-6400; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6397-6398)
Apr 13, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
Apr 13, 2000
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-273.
Apr 5, 2000
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Oct 13, 1999
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-383.
Jan 27, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Jan 26, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 26, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1012-1013)
Jan 26, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.

What's happening now July 11, 2000

Held at the desk.

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