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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 1021.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove orpermanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on thegrounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy ChaseCircle in the District of Columbia.[Page H841]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia and take other specified actions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Specifically, Interior must&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;remove the brass plaque bearing the name &lt;i&gt;Senator Francis G. Newlands&lt;/i&gt; from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;remove from the south end of the memorial fountain's face, the stone, tablet-like projection bearing the name of &lt;i&gt;Francis Griffith Newlands&lt;/i&gt; and a related inscription; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;remove or permanently conceal the name &lt;i&gt;Newlands Memorial Fountain&lt;/i&gt; carved into the upper face of the memorial fountain's coping stones; and &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;offer the items removed to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands for a 60-day period, and if not claimed within that period, direct the removed items to be maintained by the National Park Service as federal property and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum collection.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</text>
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