[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 1663 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1663

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
 To recognize National Medal of Honor sites in California, Indiana, and 
                             South Carolina.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Medal of Honor 
Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration which 
    the Nation bestows.
        (2) The Medal of Honor is the only military decoration given in 
    the name of Congress, and therefore on behalf of the people of the 
    United States.
        (3) The Congressional Medal of Honor Society was established by 
    an Act of Congress in 1958, and continues to protect, uphold, and 
    preserve the dignity, honor, and name of the Medal of Honor and of 
    the individual recipients of the Medal of Honor.
        (4) The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is composed solely 
    of recipients of the Medal of Honor.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SITES.

    (a) Recognition.--The following sites to honor recipients of the 
Medal of Honor are hereby recognized as National Medal of Honor sites:
        (1) Riverside, california.--The memorial under construction at 
    the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California, to be 
    dedicated on November 5, 1999.
        (2) Indianapolis, indiana.--The memorial at the White River 
    State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated on May 28, 1999.
        (3) Mount pleasant, south carolina.--The Congressional Medal of 
    Honor Museum at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 
    currently situated on the ex-U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-6).
    (b) Interpretation.--This section shall not be construed to require 
or permit Federal funds (other than any provided for as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act) to be expended for any purpose related to 
the sites recognized in subsection (a).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.