[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2991 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2991

  To direct the Architect of the Capitol to establish, as part of the 
Capitol Visitors Center, a garden designated as the ``Spirit of America 
 Garden'' as a living memorial to the victims of the terrorist attacks 
              on the United States on September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2001

Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Murtha, 
   Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. Gilman, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
 McHugh, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Towns, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Wolf, 
 Mr. Borski, Mr. English, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Barcia, Mr. 
 Bonior, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Davis of Florida, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Emerson, 
 Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hastings of 
   Florida, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
   McGovern, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
   Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
    Sanders, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Terry, and Mrs. Thurman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Architect of the Capitol to establish, as part of the 
Capitol Visitors Center, a garden designated as the ``Spirit of America 
 Garden'' as a living memorial to the victims of the terrorist attacks 
              on the United States on September 11, 2001.

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

SECTION 1. SPIRIT OF AMERICA GARDEN.

    (a) In General.--The Architect of the Capitol shall establish on 
the grounds of the United States Capitol, as part of the Capitol 
Visitors Center, authorized by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), a garden 
designated as the ``Spirit of America Garden'' as a living memorial to 
the victims of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 
11, 2001.
    (b) Design.--The design of the garden shall include the following:
            (1) The garden shall be in the shape of a pentagon, in 
        honor of the men and women who were victims of the attack on 
        the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
            (2) In the center of the garden, there shall be placed 2 
        trees of appropriate size in honor of the men and women who 
        were victims of the attack on the World Trade Center in New 
        York City, New York.
            (3) In an appropriate space in the garden, there shall be 
        placed a keystone, in honor of the men and women who were 
        victims of the hijacking of United Airlines flight 93, which 
        crashed in southwest Pennsylvania. The keystone shall bear a 
        plaque expressing the purpose of the garden.
    (c) Donations.--
            (1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol may accept 
        donations of design, materials, labor, and other support that 
        may be offered for the construction and maintenance of the 
        garden.
            (2) Fund.--Monetary donations accepted under paragraph (1) 
        shall be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury 
        established for such purpose. Amounts deposited into this 
        account shall be available for expenditure without further 
        appropriation to carry out this Act.
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