A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1705 To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemora- tive work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 4, 2019 Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. GARDNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources A BILL To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to estab- lish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 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. FINDINGS. 3 Congress finds that— 4 (1) a monument as a tribute to the magnitude 5 of the effort of suffragists over a period of 7 decades 6 to pass the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of 7 the United States in a way that engages the viewer 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:43 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1705.IS S1705 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1705 IS and serves as a call to action for present and future 1 generations is appropriate on Federal land; 2 (2) the monument described in paragraph (1) 3 should include— 4 (A) a sculptural portrait to honor Susan 5 B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot 6 Stanton Blatch, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, 7 and Ida B. Wells; and 8 (B) a depiction of the Declaration of Senti- 9 ments and Ratification Flag with the names of 10 other women instrumental in fighting for wom- 11 en’s suffrage included in the depiction of the 12 word ‘‘WE’’ of the Declaration of Sentiments 13 with raised lettering on ripples radiating from 14 the monument; and 15 (3) the preferred site location for the monu- 16 ment is Area II, near Belmont-Paul National Monu- 17 ment and the Supreme Court. 18 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORATIVE 19 WORK. 20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Every Word We Utter Monu- 21 ment may establish a commemorative work on Federal 22 land in the District of Columbia and its environs (as de- 23 fined in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code), 24 to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:43 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1705.IS S1705 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1705 IS the Constitution of the United States, which gave women 1 the right to vote. 2 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO- 3 RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the commemora- 4 tive work under this section shall be in accordance with 5 chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 6 known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’). 7 (c) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL 8 FUNDS.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Federal funds may not be 10 used to pay any expense of the establishment of the 11 commemorative work under this section. 12 (2) RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EVERY WORD WE 13 UTTER MONUMENT.—The Every Word We Utter 14 Monument shall be solely responsible for acceptance 15 of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, 16 the establishment of the commemorative work under 17 this section. 18 (d) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.— 19 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, on payment of all ex- 20 penses for the establishment of the commemorative 21 work under this section (including the maintenance 22 and preservation amount required by section 23 8906(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code), there 24 remains a balance of funds received for the estab- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:43 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1705.IS S1705 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1705 IS lishment of the commemorative work, the Every 1 Word We Utter Monument shall transmit the 2 amount of the balance to the Secretary of the Inte- 3 rior for deposit in the account provided for in sec- 4 tion 8906(b)(3) of title 40, United States Code. 5 (2) ON EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—If, on ex- 6 piration of the authority for the commemorative 7 work under section 8903(e) of title 40, United 8 States Code, there remains a balance of funds re- 9 ceived for the establishment of the commemorative 10 work under this section, the Every Word We Utter 11 Monument shall transmit the amount of the balance 12 to a separate account with the National Park Foun- 13 dation for memorials, to be available to the Sec- 14 retary of the Interior or Administrator of General 15 Services, as appropriate, in accordance with the 16 process provided in section 8906(b)(4) of title 40, 17 United States Code, for accounts established under 18 paragraph (2) or (3) of section 8906(b) of title 40, 19 United States Code. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:43 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1705.IS S1705 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS