[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H2063-H2064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   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. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the 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, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the joint resolution is 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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  The joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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