[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 348 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 348


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 1999

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To authorize the construction of a monument to honor those who have 
  served the Nation's civil defense and emergency management programs.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY.

     (a) Grant of Authority.--The United States National Civil Defense 
Monument Commission (in this Act referred to as the ``Commission''), a 
private nonprofit organization organized under the laws of the State of 
Pennsylvania, is authorized to construct a Monument to honor those who 
have served the Nation's civil defense and emergency management 
programs.
    (b) Expiration.--The authority granted by this section shall expire 
7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless before the 
expiration of such 7-year period--
            (1) the approvals required by sections 2(a) and (b) have 
        been obtained; and
            (2) the construction of the Monument has begun.

SEC. 2. SITE AND DESIGN.

    (a) Site.--Subject to the approval of the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Commission may select the site upon 
which the Monument will be constructed. Such site shall be on Federal 
land controlled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency at 
Emmitsburg, Maryland.
    (b) Design.--Subject to the approval of the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Commission may develop the design of 
the Monument.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

    The costs of constructing the Monument shall be paid out of 
contributions to the Commission.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 1, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.