[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 112-85
112th Congress

An Act


 
To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse
and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in
Jackson, Tennessee, as the ``M.D. Anderson Plaza'' and to authorize the
placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds
recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D.
Anderson. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Government has the responsibility to honor and
recognize Americans who have positively impacted the welfare of
other Americans.
(2) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, born in Jackson, Tennessee, in
1873, was one of the United States' most successful agri-
businessmen and respected philanthropists.
(3) Monroe Dunaway Anderson, also known as M.D. Anderson,
attended public schools in Jackson, Tennessee.
(4) After attending college in Memphis, Tennessee, M.D.
Anderson returned to Jackson, Tennessee, to work at the People's
National Bank.
(5) In 1904, M.D. Anderson, his older brother Frank
Anderson, along with Will Clayton, established a partnership,
Anderson, Clayton, and Company, to buy and sell cotton in
Jackson, Tennessee.
(6) In 1945, Anderson, Clayton, and Company was called the
largest buyer, seller, storer, and shipper of raw cotton in the
world by Fortune Magazine.
(7) In 1936, M.D. Anderson established the M.D. Anderson
Foundation. This foundation funded the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center which grew into the largest medical complex in the world,
the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
(8) M.D. Anderson's positive impact in the cotton trade is
still being felt by the cotton businesses in and around Jackson,
Tennessee, and throughout the world.
(9) M.D. Anderson and his foundation's imprint on medical
research, education, and agri-business should be memorialized in
the town of his birth, Jackson, Tennessee, and deems
recognition.

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SEC. 2. M.D. ANDERSON PLAZA.

(a) Designation.--The property in between the United States
Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland
Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the
``M.D. Anderson Plaza''.
(b) Marker and Statues Authorized.--West Tennessee Health Care
Foundation is hereby authorized to install in a prominent location on
that portion of the Plaza under the jurisdiction of the General Services
Administration--
(1) a Tennessee State Historical Society marker recognizing
the outstanding achievements in business and philanthropy on the
grounds between the United States Courthouse and the Ed Jones
Building; and
(2) a life-sized statue depicting M.D. Anderson, with
information recognizing persons who donated funds for the
manufacturing of the statues.

(c) Design of Marker.--The marker authorized by subsection (b)(1)
shall be at least 42 inches in height.
(d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be
expended to design the marker, to acquire the marker, to prepare the
sight selected for the marker, to install the marker, or to maintain the
marker or the statues authorized in subsection (b).
(e) Approval.--
(1) Submission of design.-- <> The West
Tennessee Health Care Foundation shall consult with the
Administrator of General Services in the design of the marker
and statue authorized under subsection (b) and shall submit a
design for approval.
(2) Design approval.--The design of a marker or statue as
authorized under subsection (b) shall be subject to the approval
of the Administrator.
(3) Timing of review.-- <> The
Administrator shall conduct a review of the design not later
than 90 days after the submission of the design.
(4) Failure to approve.-- <> In the event
that the Administrator fails to approve the design, the
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure in the House of
Representatives and the Committee

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on Environment and Public Works in the Senate detailing the
reasons for failing to approve the design.

Approved January 3, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1264:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-325 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011):
Dec. 12, 14, considered and passed House.
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.