[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1556 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1556

To establish a program to name national and community service projects 
  in honor of victims killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on 
                          September 11, 2001.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 16, 2001

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
     Allen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Dayton, Mr. 
 Rockefeller, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Nickles, Mr. 
   Levin, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. 
    Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a program to name national and community service projects 
  in honor of victims killed as a result of the terrorist attacks 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unity in Service to America Act'' or 
the ``USA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    The National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting before title V the following:

       ``TITLE IV--PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

``SEC. 401. PROJECTS.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `Foundation' means the 
Points of Light Foundation funded under section 301, or another 
nonprofit private organization, that enters into an agreement with the 
Corporation to carry out this section.
    ``(b) Identification of Projects.--
            ``(1) Estimated number.--Not later than December 1, 2001, 
        the Foundation, after obtaining the guidance of the heads of 
        appropriate Federal agencies, such as the Director of the 
        Office of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, shall--
                    ``(A) make an estimate of the number of victims 
                killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on 
                September 11, 2001 (referred to in this section as the 
                `estimated number'); and
                    ``(B) compile a list that specifies, for each 
                individual that the Foundation determines to be such a 
                victim, the name of the victim and the State in which 
                the victim resided.
            ``(2) Identified projects.--The Foundation shall identify 
        approximately the estimated number of community-based national 
        and community service projects that meet the requirements of 
        subsection (d). The Foundation shall name each identified 
        project in honor of a victim described in subsection (b)(1)(A), 
        after obtaining the permission of an appropriate member of the 
        victim's family and the entity carrying out the project.
    ``(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to have a project named 
under this section, the entity carrying out the project shall be a 
political subdivision of a State, a business, or a nonprofit 
organization (which may be a religious organization, such as a 
Christian, Jewish, or Muslim organization).
    ``(d) Projects.--The Foundation shall name, under this section, 
projects--
            ``(1) that advance the goals of unity, and improving the 
        quality of life in communities; and
            ``(2) that will be planned, or for which implementation 
        will begin, within a reasonable period after the date of 
        enactment of the Unity in Service to America Act, as determined 
        by the Foundation.
    ``(e) Website and Database.--The Foundation shall create and 
maintain websites and databases, to describe projects named under this 
section and serve as appropriate vehicles for recognizing the 
projects.''.
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