[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5354-S5355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO AUTHORIZE A UNIQUE AND 1-
   TIME ARRANGEMENT FOR CERTAIN DISPLAYS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL 
                                MEMORIAL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further 
consideration and the Senate now proceed to S.J. Res. 74.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the joint resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Thune amendment to 
the resolution at the desk be agreed to; that the joint resolution, as 
amended, be read a third time and passed; that the preamble be agreed 
to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2637), as amended, was agreed to as follows:

 (Purpose: To ensure that the event entitled ``LOOK UP TO HER at Mount 
        Rushmore'' adheres to certain public health precautions)

       On page 3, strike lines 17 and 18, and insert the 
     following:
       2020;
       (2) encourages the Secretary of the Interior, in planning 
     the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to 
     consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention or a designee of the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention regarding precautions for 
     events and large gatherings to limit the spread of COVID-19, 
     including--
       (A) clearly communicating the precautions in place to the 
     public through signage;
       (B) facilitating social distancing; and
       (C) promoting safe hygiene practices for staff and 
     visitors;
       (3) requires the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out 
     the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to 
     adhere to, to the maximum extent practicable, any precautions 
     recommended in the publication of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention entitled ``Considerations for Events 
     and Gatherings'' during that event; and
       (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of

  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 74), as amended, was ordered to be 
engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, as amended, and the preamble reads, as follows

                              S.J. Res. 74

       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;
       (2) encourages the Secretary of the Interior, in planning 
     the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to 
     consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease

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     Control and Prevention or a designee of the Director of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding 
     precautions for events and large gatherings to limit the 
     spread of COVID-19, including--
       (A) clearly communicating the precautions in place to the 
     public through signage;
       (B) facilitating social distancing; and
       (C) promoting safe hygiene practices for staff and 
     visitors;
       (3) requires the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out 
     the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to 
     adhere to, to the maximum extent practicable, any precautions 
     recommended in the publication of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention entitled ``Considerations for Events 
     and Gatherings'' during that event; and
       (4) 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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