[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 74 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 74

 Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a unique and 1-
   time arrangement for certain displays on Mount Rushmore National 
  Memorial relating to the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
 Amendment to the Constitution of the United States during the period 
      beginning August 18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2020

  Mr. Thune introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a unique and 1-
   time arrangement for certain displays on Mount Rushmore National 
  Memorial relating to the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
 Amendment to the Constitution of the United States during the period 
      beginning August 18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020.

Whereas, on May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives adopted House Joint 
        Resolution 1, 66th Congress, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
        extending the right of suffrage to women;
Whereas, on June 4, 1919, the Senate adopted House Joint Resolution 1, 66th 
        Congress, sending to the States for ratification the 19th Amendment to 
        the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas, on August 18, 1920, the 36th State approved the 19th Amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States, satisfying the constitutional 
        threshold of passage in \3/4\ of the States;
Whereas, on August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the 
        19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas section 431(a)(3) of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 131 Stat. 
        502), enacted into law S. 847, 115th Congress (as introduced on April 5, 
        2017), which established the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission ``to 
        ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of the passage and 
        ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
        States providing for women's suffrage'';
Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by \3/4\ of the 
        States;
Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment becoming a 
        part of the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to 
        the Constitution of the United States providing for women's suffrage 
        should be honored and celebrated: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress--
            (1) requests the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a 
        unique and 1-time arrangement to commemorate the centennial of 
        the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
        United States entitled ``LOOK UP TO HER at Mount Rushmore'' 
        with a display of historical artifacts, digital content, film 
        footage, and associated historical audio and imagery in and 
        around the vicinity of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 
        including projected onto the surface of the Mount Rushmore 
        National Memorial to the left and right of the sculpture for 14 
        nights of public display during the period beginning on August 
        18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020; and
            (2) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (B) the Lincoln Borglum Museum at the Mount 
                Rushmore National Memorial.
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