[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8227 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8227

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the bronze plaque and 
concrete block bearing the name of Francis Newlands from the grounds of 
the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of 
                   Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2020

Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the bronze plaque and 
concrete block bearing the name of Francis Newlands from the grounds of 
the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of 
                   Columbia, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PLAQUE AND CONCRETE FROM MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN GROUNDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) remove the bronze plaque bearing the name ``Francis G. 
        Newlands'' from the memorial fountain grounds;
            (2) remove from the fountain the block of concrete that is 
        inscribed with the name of, and other information related to, 
        Francis Griffith Newlands; and
            (3) donate the items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
        (2) to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands.
    (b) Memorial Fountain.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``memorial fountain'' means the memorial fountain located at Chevy 
Chase Circle, Connecticut Avenue and Western Avenue NW, in the District 
of Columbia.
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