[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3935 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3935

  To extend the time limit of the authority of the Frederick Douglass 
Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the 
Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and 
      commemoration of Frederick Douglass, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2007

Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the time limit of the authority of the Frederick Douglass 
Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the 
Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and 
      commemoration of Frederick Douglass, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF THE TIME LIMIT OF THE AUTHORITY FOR THE 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEMORIAL AND GARDENS TO HONOR AND 
              COMMEMORATE FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

    (a) Reference.--A reference in this Act to ``the Act'' shall be a 
reference to Public Law 106-479 (114 Stat. 2184).
    (b) Extension of Authority.--The Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

    ``Notwithstanding the time period limitation specified in section 
8903(e) of title 40, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
the authority for the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a 
memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the 
District of Columbia or its environs under this Act shall expire on 
December 31, 2014.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Applicable law.--Section 1(b) of the Act is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The establishment'' and inserting 
                ``Except as provided in section 4, the establishment''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``the Commemorative Works Act (40 
                U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)'' and inserting ``chapter 89 of 
                title 40, United States Code''.
            (2) Expiration of authority.--Section 3 of the Act is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``8(b) of the Commemorative Works 
                Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))'' and inserting ``8906(b) of 
                title 40, United States Code'';
                    (B) by striking ``or upon expiration of the 
                authority for the memorial and gardens under section 
                10(b) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 1010(b)),'' and inserting 
                ``or on expiration of the authority for the memorial 
                and gardens under section 4 of this Act,''; and
                    (C) by striking ``section 8(b)(1) of such Act (40 
                U.S.C. 1008(b)(1))'' and inserting ``sections 
                8906(b)(2) and 8906(b)(3) of title 40, United States 
                Code''.
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