Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

II Calendar No. 201 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 535 [Report No. 117–51] To authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 2 (legislative day, MARCH 1), 2021 Ms. ERNST (for herself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FEIN- STEIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. COTTON, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. KELLY, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. LEE, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. COONS, Mr. BURR, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. GRA- HAM, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. TESTER, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. KEN- NEDY, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REED, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. OSSOFF, and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- ferred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources DECEMBER 16, 2021 Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To authorize the location of a memorial on the National VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 535 RS Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, 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 ‘‘Global War on Ter- 4 rorism Memorial Location Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMO- 6 RIAL. 7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 8 (1) approaching 2 decades after the September 9 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, the 10 United States continues the Global War on Ter- 11 rorism, at great personal cost to— 12 (A) the men and women serving on active 13 duty in the Armed Forces; and 14 (B) the individuals on whose support those 15 men and women depend to fulfill their duties; 16 (2) civil servants from Federal departments and 17 agencies, the intelligence community, local emer- 18 gency responders, and other civilian support per- 19 sonnel have made significant sacrifices in service in 20 the Global War on Terrorism; 21 (3) honoring the losses endured by the individ- 22 uals described in paragraphs (1) and (2), together 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 535 RS with their families, Congress in 2017 unanimously 1 passed, and the President signed, the Global War on 2 Terrorism War Memorial Act (Public Law 115–51; 3 40 U.S.C. 8903 note), which allowed the Global War 4 on Terrorism Memorial Foundation to establish on 5 Federal land in the District of Columbia a memorial 6 to the fallen of that conflict; and 7 (4) given the significance of the Global War on 8 Terrorism as the longest-running conflict in United 9 States history and the magnitude of the sacrifice in- 10 volved in operations in that conflict, it is appropriate 11 to locate the National Global War on Terrorism Me- 12 morial within the Reserve alongside existing memo- 13 rials to the major armed conflicts of the United 14 States. 15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 (1) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 17 the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial au- 18 thorized by subsection (c)(1). 19 (2) RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Reserve’’ has the 20 meaning given the term in section 8902(a) of title 21 40, United States Code. 22 (c) LOCATION OF MEMORIAL.— 23 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 24 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Global 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 535 RS War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation may estab- 1 lish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial 2 within the Reserve. 3 (2) LOCATION.—The Memorial shall be located 4 at 1 of the following sites, as identified in, and in 5 accordance with, the document commonly known as 6 the ‘‘Memorials and Museums Master Plan’’: 7 (A) Potential Site 1—Constitution Gar- 8 dens, Prime Candidate Site 10 in The Memo- 9 rials and Museums Master Plan. 10 (B) Potential Site 2—JFK Hockey Fields, 11 Prime Candidate Site 18 in The Memorials and 12 Museums Master Plan. 13 (C) Potential Site 3—West Potomac Park, 14 Candidate Site 70 in The Memorials and Muse- 15 ums Master Plan. 16 (3) COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.—Except as 17 otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), chap- 18 ter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 19 known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall 20 apply to the Memorial. 21 SEC. 2. NATIONAL GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMORIAL. 22 (a) SITE.—Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 40, 23 United States Code, the National Global War on Terrorism 24 Memorial authorized by section 2(a) of the Global War on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 535 RS Terrorism War Memorial Act (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public 1 Law 115–51; 131 Stat. 1003) (referred to in this section 2 as the ‘‘Memorial’’) shall be located within the Reserve (as 3 defined in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code). 4 (b) APPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 5 ACT.—Except as provided in subsection (a), chapter 89 of 6 title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 7 ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply to the Memorial. 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 201 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 535 [Report No. 117–51] A BILL To authorize the location of a memorial on the Na- tional Mall to commemorate and honor the mem- bers of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 16, 2021 Reported with an amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Dec 17, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S535.RS S535 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS