[105th Congress Public Law 201]
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Public Law 105-201
105th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
  Approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in the 
      Nation's Capital. <<NOTE: July 16, 1998 -  [H.J. Res. 113]>> 

Whereas section 508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
    of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 110 Stat. 4157) authorized the Alpha 
    Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial on Federal land in the 
    District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.;

Whereas section 6(a) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1006(a)) 
    provides that the location of a commemorative work in the area 
    described as Area I (within the meaning of the Act) shall be deemed 
    not authorized unless approved by law not later than 150 days after 
    notification to Congress that the Secretary of the Interior 
    recommends location of the commemorative work in Area I; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of the 
    recommendation of the Secretary that the memorial 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,

SECTION 1. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL. <<NOTE: 40 USC 1003 
            note.>> 

    The location of the commemorative work to honor Martin Luther King, 
Jr., authorized by section 508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 110 Stat. 4157), within 
Area I is approved under section 6(a) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 
U.S.C. 1006(a)).

    Approved July 16, 1998.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 113 (S.J. Res. 41):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-589 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-210 accompanying S.J. Res. 41 (Comm. on Natural 
Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
            June 22, considered and passed House.
            June 25, considered and passed Senate.

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