[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5582

 To designate a National Memorial to Fallen Educators at the National 
               Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2016

Mr. Huelskamp introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate a National Memorial to Fallen Educators at the National 
               Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.

    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 ``National Memorial to Fallen 
Educators Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) from 1764 to the date of enactment of this Act, over 
        114 educators from 36 States have lost their lives in the 
        United States while performing professional duties;
            (2) the United States lacks a national memorial dedicated 
        to fallen educators; and
            (3) a memorial to fallen educators at the National Teachers 
        Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas--
                    (A) was dedicated on June 12, 2014; and
                    (B) will honor educators who have lost their lives 
                in the line of professional service.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--The memorial to fallen educators located at the 
National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas, is designated as the 
``National Memorial to Fallen Educators''.
    (b) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial designated by 
this section is not a unit of the National Park System and the 
designation of the National Memorial to Fallen Educators shall not 
require or permit Federal funds to be expended for any purpose related 
to that national memorial.
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