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[S.J. Res. 1 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.J.Res.1

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                            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 section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, provides 
  that the location of a commemorative work in Area I, as depicted on 
  the map entitled ``Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs'', 
  numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, shall be deemed to be 
  authorized only if a recommendation for the location is approved by 
  law not later than 150 calendar days after the date on which Congress 
  is notified of the recommendation;

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 on Federal land in the 
  District of Columbia, to 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 memorial 
  should 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 a 
commemorative work 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 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), within Area 
I, as depicted on the map entitled ``Commemorative Areas Washington, DC 
and Environs'', numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, is 
approved.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.