Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1256 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the bronze plaque and concrete block bearing the name of Francis Newlands from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 23, 2021 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. RASKIN, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the bronze plaque and concrete block bearing the name of Francis Newlands from the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Colum- bia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Francis G. Newlands 4 Memorial Removal Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1256.IH H1256 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1256 IH SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PLAQUE AND CONCRETE FROM ME- 1 MORIAL FOUNTAIN GROUNDS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 3 shall— 4 (1) remove the brass plaque bearing the name 5 ‘‘Senator Francis G. Newlands’’ from the grounds of 6 the memorial fountain; 7 (2) remove from the south end of the memorial 8 fountain’s face, the stone, tablet-like projection bear- 9 ing the name of ‘‘Francis Griffith Newlands’’ and a 10 related inscription; 11 (3) remove the name ‘‘Newlands Memorial 12 Fountain’’ carved into the upper face of the memo- 13 rial fountain’s coping stones; and 14 (4) offer the items removed pursuant to para- 15 graphs (1), (2), and (3) to the descendants of 16 Francis Griffith Newlands for a period of 60 days, 17 and if not claimed within that period, direct the 18 items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and 19 (3) to be maintained by the National Park Service 20 as Federal property and accessioned into the Rock 21 Creek Park museum collection. 22 (b) MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN.—For the purposes of this 23 section, the term ‘‘memorial fountain’’ means the memo- 24 rial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle, Connecticut 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1256.IH H1256 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1256 IH Avenue and Western Avenue NW, in the District of Co- 1 lumbia. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1256.IH H1256 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS