117 HR 8734 IH: Mount Rushmore Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-08-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8734IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 19, 2022Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo provide that no Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mount Rushmore Protection Act.

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Findings

Congress finds the following: (1)Mount Rushmore National Memorial is America’s Shrine of Democracy. (2)The Mount Rushmore National Memorial depicts the faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, with the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Prohibition on use of Federal funds

No Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.