January 8th National Memorial Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3156 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 8, 2020 Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, 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 ‘‘January 8th National 4 Memorial Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds that— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Jan 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3156 IS (1) the tragedy of January 8, 2011, at the 1 ‘‘Congress on Your Corner’’ event of Congress- 2 woman Gabrielle Giffords resulted in the deaths of 3 6 people (Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, 4 U.S. District Court Judge John Roll, Phyllis 5 Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabe Zimmerman) 6 and the injury of 13 people (Congresswoman Gif- 7 fords, Bill Badger, Ron Barber, Kenneth Dorushka, 8 James Eric Fuller, Randy Gardner, Susan Hileman, 9 George Morris, Mary Reed, Pam Simon, Mavanell 10 Stoddard, Jim Tucker, and Kenneth Veeder); 11 (2) the assassination attempt of January 8, 12 2011, was the first time in the history of the United 13 States that an assassination attempt was made on 14 a Member of Congress while the Member of Con- 15 gress was meeting with constituents; 16 (3) Congresswoman Giffords sustained severe 17 injuries on January 8, 2011, that continue to affect 18 the Congresswoman as of the date of enactment of 19 this Act; 20 (4) on January 8, 2011, Gabe Zimmerman be- 21 came the first congressional staff member to be as- 22 sassinated in the line of duty; 23 (5) the people in the State of Arizona and peo- 24 ple from all over the world came together in the days 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3156 IS that followed the tragedy to provide comfort and 1 support to each other at spontaneous memorial vigil 2 sites at— 3 (A) the shopping center at which the 4 shooting took place; 5 (B) the front lawn of University Medical 6 Center, at which many of the victims were 7 treated; and 8 (C) the Tucson district office of Congress- 9 woman Giffords; 10 (6) the January 8th Memorial in the State of 11 Arizona will not only be a tribute to the people who 12 died on January 8, 2011, but also to the local, na- 13 tional, and international response to the tragedy on 14 that day; and 15 (7) the January 8th Memorial will be con- 16 structed, managed, and maintained as a place at 17 which visitors, young and old, can learn not only 18 about 1 horrific event, but can also learn about the 19 resilience of a community and the durability of de- 20 mocracy in the United States. 21 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 22 In this Act: 23 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Pima 24 County, Arizona. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3156 IS (2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 1 means the Tucson’s January 8th Memorial Founda- 2 tion, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 4 from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code. 5 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en- 6 titled ‘‘Phase 1 Siteplan + Survey Plan’’, numbered 7 LAl2.01, and dated November 11, 2016. 8 (4) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 9 the January 8th National Memorial established 10 under section 4(a). 11 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12 the Secretary of the Interior. 13 SEC. 4. JANUARY 8TH NATIONAL MEMORIAL. 14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As soon as practicable after 15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es- 16 tablish the Memorial as an affiliated area of the National 17 Park System. 18 (b) FUNDING.—The Foundation shall transfer to the 19 County the total amount of final funding pledges, which 20 shall be in addition to amounts that the Foundation has 21 raised and transferred to the County for construction of 22 the Memorial. 23 (c) MEMORIAL CONSTRUCTION.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 3156 IS (1) IN GENERAL.—The Memorial shall be con- 1 structed on land owned by the County. 2 (2) RESPONSIBILITY OF COUNTY.—The County 3 shall be responsible for managing the construction 4 contract for the Memorial using funds provided by 5 the Foundation under subsection (b). 6 (d) FOUNDATION DISSOLUTION.—The Foundation 7 shall cease to operate on the later of the date on which— 8 (1) final funding pledge amounts have been 9 paid to the County under subsection (b); or 10 (2) construction of the Memorial is complete. 11 (e) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The County shall— 12 (1) be the management entity for the Memorial; 13 and 14 (2) be responsible for the construction, oper- 15 ation, maintenance, and management of the Memo- 16 rial. 17 (f) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 18 and available for public inspection at the appropriate of- 19 fices of the National Park Service. 20 (g) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 21 may provide technical assistance to, and enter into cooper- 22 ative agreements with, the County for the purpose of pro- 23 viding financial assistance for the marketing of the Memo- 24 rial. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 6 •S 3156 IS (h) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 1 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property or 2 use Federal funds for the construction, operation, mainte- 3 nance, or management of the Memorial. 4 (i) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta- 6 tion with the County, shall develop a general man- 7 agement plan for the Memorial in accordance with 8 section 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 9 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than the date 10 that is 3 years after the date on which the Memorial 11 is established by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 12 provide to the Committee on Energy and Natural 13 Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat- 14 ural Resources of the House of Representatives the 15 general management plan for the Memorial devel- 16 oped under paragraph (1). 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3156.IS S3156 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS