[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1264 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1264
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven
An Act
To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse
and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in
Jackson, Tennessee, as the ``M.D. Anderson Plaza'' and to authorize the
placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds
recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Government has the responsibility to honor and
recognize Americans who have positively impacted the welfare of
other Americans.
(2) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, born in Jackson, Tennessee, in
1873, was one of the United States' most successful agri-
businessmen and respected philanthropists.
(3) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, also known as M.D. Anderson,
attended public schools in Jackson, Tennessee.
(4) After attending college in Memphis, Tennessee, M.D.
Anderson returned to Jackson, Tennessee, to work at the People's
National Bank.
(5) In 1904, M.D. Anderson, his older brother Frank Anderson,
along with Will Clayton, established a partnership, Anderson,
Clayton, and Company, to buy and sell cotton in Jackson, Tennessee.
(6) In 1945, Anderson, Clayton, and Company was called the
largest buyer, seller, storer, and shipper of raw cotton in the
world by Fortune Magazine.
(7) In 1936, M.D. Anderson established the M.D. Anderson
Foundation. This foundation funded the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
which grew into the largest medical complex in the world, the Texas
Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
(8) M.D. Anderson's positive impact in the cotton trade is
still being felt by the cotton businesses in and around Jackson,
Tennessee, and throughout the world.
(9) M.D. Anderson and his foundation's imprint on medical
research, education, and agri-business should be memorialized in
the town of his birth, Jackson, Tennessee, and deems recognition.
SEC. 2. M.D. ANDERSON PLAZA.
(a) Designation.--The property in between the United States
Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland
Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the
``M.D. Anderson Plaza''.
(b) Marker and Statues Authorized.--West Tennessee Health Care
Foundation is hereby authorized to install in a prominent location on
that portion of the Plaza under the jurisdiction of the General
Services Administration--
(1) a Tennessee State Historical Society marker recognizing the
outstanding achievements in business and philanthropy on the
grounds between the United States Courthouse and the Ed Jones
Building; and
(2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, with
information recognizing persons who donated funds for the
manufacturing of the statues.
(c) Design of Marker.--The marker authorized by subsection (b)(1)
shall be at least 42 inches in height.
(d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be
expended to design the marker, to acquire the marker, to prepare the
sight selected for the marker, to install the marker, or to maintain
the marker or the statues authorized in subsection (b).
(e) Approval.--
(1) Submission of design.--The West Tennessee Health Care
Foundation shall consult with the Administrator of General Services
in the design of the marker and statue authorized under subsection
(b) and shall submit a design for approval.
(2) Design approval.--The design of a marker or statue as
authorized under subsection (b) shall be subject to the approval of
the Administrator.
(3) Timing of review.--The Administrator shall conduct a review
of the design not later than 90 days after the submission of the
design.
(4) Failure to approve.--In the event that the Administrator
fails to approve the design, the Administrator shall submit a
report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works in the Senate detailing the reasons for failing to
approve the design.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.