[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 8, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S1695]
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   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

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Energy 
and Natural Resources Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of 
S.J. Res. 1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 1) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read a third time and passed, the preamble be agreed to, 
and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 1) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 1

       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.

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