[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 3 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 3


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 5, 2017

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the 
  members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of 
           Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.

Whereas subsection (b)(1) of section 8908 of title 40, United States Code, 
        provides that the location of a commemorative work in the area depicted 
        as ``Area I

              

'' on the map described in subsection (a) of that section shall be deemed 
to be authorized only if approved by law not later than 150 days after the 
date on which Congress is notified that the subject of the commemorative 
work is of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United 
States;

Whereas section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 
        Public Law 113-291) authorized the National Desert Storm Memorial 
        Association to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia to 
        commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on 
        active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert 
        Shield; and
Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of the determination 
        of the Secretary of the Interior that the subject of the memorial is of 
        preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States and 
        may be located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the location of the 
commemorative work authorized by section 3093 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 113-291) to commemorate and 
honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in 
support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield, within 
Area I, as depicted on the map described in section 8908(a) of title 
40, United States Code, is approved.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 4, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.