[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1264 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1264

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2011

 Mr. Fincher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
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 Federal 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 Federal 
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 Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones 
        Building; and
            (2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, and 3 bust 
        statues depicting Will Clayton, Ben Clayton, and Frank 
        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).
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