[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1689 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1689

  To prohibit certain real property from being named after a sitting 
                          Member of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit certain real property from being named after a sitting 
                          Member of Congress.

    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 ``Prohibiting Taxpayer-Funded 
Monuments to Members of Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NAMING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AFTER MEMBER OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Real property under the jurisdiction of the 
Federal Government, or constructed using Federal funds, shall not be 
named after, or otherwise officially identified by the name of, any 
individual who is a Member of Congress at the time the property is so 
named or identified.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
            (2) The term ``real property'' includes structures, 
        buildings, or other infrastructure.
    (c) Application of Section.--The prohibition in this section shall 
apply only with respect to real property named after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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