[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2918 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2918

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a memorial to 
             Native Americans in the District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2001

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a memorial to 
             Native Americans in the District of Columbia.

    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 ``Native American Memorial Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN MEMORIAL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
establish, in the District of Columbia, a memorial to Native Americans.
    (b) Location.--
            (1) In general.--The memorial shall be situated in a 
        location that is--
                    (A) within the area that is referred to in the 
                Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) as 
                Area 1 and in close proximity to the National Museum of 
                the American Indian; and
                    (B) recommended by the Secretary of the Interior 
                and the National Capital Memorial Commission not later 
                than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Compliance with commemorative works act.--This Act 
        shall be treated as satisfying the authorization and location 
        approval requirements of section 6 of the Commemorative Works 
        Act (40 U.S.C. 1006).
    (c) Design.--The Secretary of the Interior and the National Capital 
Memorial Commission shall--
            (1) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, begin soliciting proposals for the design of the 
        memorial from architects; and
            (2) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, select a design for the memorial from the proposals 
        submitted to the Secretary.
    (d) Funding.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
        coordination with the Director of the Smithsonian Institution, 
        may accept donations of any necessary funds from private sector 
        sources to design, construct, and maintain the memorial.
            (2) Account in treasury.--The Secretary shall deposit 
        amounts that are accepted under this subsection into a separate 
        account in the Treasury established for such purpose. Amounts 
        deposited into the account shall be available for expenditure 
        by the Secretary without further appropriation to carry out 
        this Act.

SEC. 3. REPORTS.

    (a) Periodic Reports.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and each 6 months thereafter until the 
submission of a final report under subsection (b), the Secretary of the 
Interior shall transmit to the Congress a report on activities with 
regard to the memorial.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a 
final report on activities with regard to the memorial, including the 
recommended design of the memorial.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior such sums as may be 
necessary for carrying out this Act.
    (b) Limitation.--No sums may be appropriated to the Secretary for 
the construction of the memorial unless at least one-third of the 
estimated total cost of the construction of the memorial is donated 
from private sources pursuant to section 2(d).
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