[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
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           TO APPROVE THE LOCATION OF A THOMAS PAINE MEMORIAL

  The text of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 227) to approve the 
location of a Thomas Paine Memorial, as passed by the Senate on 
September 30, 1994, is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 227

       Whereas section 6(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     provide standards for placement of commemorative works on 
     certain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its 
     environs, and for other purposes,'' approved November 14, 
     1986 (Public Law 99-652; 100 Stat. 3650) provides that the 
     location of a commemorative work in the area described as 
     Area I shall be deemed disapproved unless the location is 
     approved by law not later than 150 days after notification of 
     Congress that the commemorative work may be located in Area 
     I; and
       Whereas Public Law 102-407, as amended by Public Law 102-
     459, authorized the Thomas Paine National Historical 
     Association U.S.A. Memorial Foundation to establish a 
     memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to 
     Thomas Paine; and
       Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified the 
     Congress of his determination that the memorial 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 Thomas Paine Memorial, authorized by Public Law 
     102-407, as amended by Public Law 102-459, and within Area I 
     as described in Public Law 99-652, is approved.

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