[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 117 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.117

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of 
             Columbia honoring former President John Adams.

Whereas section 8908 of title 40, United States Code, provides that the 
  location of a commemorative work in the area described as Area I 
  shall be deemed disapproved unless approved by law not later than 150 
  days after notification to Congress that the commemorative work 
  should be located in Area I;

Whereas Public Law 107-62 (115 Stat. 411) authorized the Adams Memorial 
  Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
  District of Columbia to honor former President John Adams and his 
  legacy; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of her 
  determination that a memorial to former President John Adams should 
  be located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK.

    Congress approves the location for the commemorative work to honor 
former President John Adams and his legacy, as authorized by Public Law 
107-62 (115 Stat. 411), within Area I as described in section 8908 of 
title 40, United States Code, subject to the limitation in section 2.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION.

    The commemorative work approved in section 1 shall not be located 
within the Reserve.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF RESERVE.

    In this resolution the term ``Reserve'' means the area of The 
National Mall extending from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln 
Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial, as 
depicted on the map entitled ``Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and 
Environs,'' numbered 869/86501A and dated May 1, 2002.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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