[107th Congress Public Law 315]
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Public Law 107-315
107th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
  Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of 
     Columbia honoring former President John Adams. <<NOTE: Dec. 2, 
                       2002 -  [H.J. Res. 117]>> 

Whereas section 8908 of title 40, United States Code, provides that the 
    location of a commemorative work in the area described as Area I 
    shall be deemed disapproved unless approved by law not later than 
    150 days after notification to Congress that the commemorative work 
    should be located in Area I;

Whereas Public Law 107-62 (115 Stat. 411) authorized the Adams Memorial 
    Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
    District of Columbia to honor former President John Adams and his 
    legacy; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of her 
    determination that a memorial to former President John Adams 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,

SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK.

    Congress approves the location for the commemorative work to honor 
former President John Adams and his legacy, as authorized by Public Law 
107-62 (115 Stat. 411), within Area I as described in section 8908 of 
title 40, United States Code, subject to the limitation in section 2.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION.

    The commemorative work approved in section 1 shall not be located 
within the Reserve.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF RESERVE.

    In this resolution the term ``Reserve'' means the area of The 
National Mall extending from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln 
Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial, as 
depicted on the map entitled ``Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and 
Environs,'' numbered 869/86501A and dated May 1, 2002.

    Approved December 2, 2002.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 117:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002):
            Nov. 14, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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