Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3474 To authorize the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 12, 2020 Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. BRAUN, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish 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. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women Who Worked 4 on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3474.IS S3474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3474 IS SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORATIVE 1 WORK. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Women Who Worked on the 3 Home Front Foundation may establish a commemorative 4 work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its 5 environs to commemorate the commitment and service 6 represented by women who worked on the home front dur- 7 ing World War II. 8 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO- 9 RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the commemora- 10 tive work under this section shall be in accordance with 11 chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 12 known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’). 13 (c) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL 14 FUNDS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Federal funds may not be 16 used to pay any expense of the establishment of the 17 commemorative work under this section. 18 (2) RESPONSIBILITY OF WOMEN WHO WORKED 19 ON THE HOME FRONT FOUNDATION.—The Women 20 Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation shall 21 be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions 22 for, and payment of the expenses of, the establish- 23 ment of the commemorative work under this section. 24 (d) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3474.IS S3474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3474 IS (1) IN GENERAL.—If upon payment of all ex- 1 penses for the establishment of the memorial (in- 2 cluding the maintenance and preservation amount 3 required by section 8906(b)(1) of title 40, United 4 States Code), there remains a balance of funds re- 5 ceived for the establishment of the commemorative 6 work, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front 7 Foundation shall transmit the amount of the balance 8 to the Secretary of the Interior for deposit in the ac- 9 count provided for in section 8906(b)(3) of title 40, 10 United States Code. 11 (2) ON EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—If upon 12 expiration of the authority for the commemorative 13 work under section 8903(e) of title 40, United 14 States Code, there remains a balance of funds re- 15 ceived for the establishment of the commemorative 16 work, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front 17 Foundation shall transmit the amount of the balance 18 to a separate account with the National Park Foun- 19 dation for memorials, to be available to the Sec- 20 retary of the Interior or Administrator (as appro- 21 priate) following the process provided in section 22 8906(b)(4) of title 40, United States Code, for ac- 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3474.IS S3474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3474 IS counts established under section 8906(b) (2) or (3) 1 of title 40, United States Code. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3474.IS S3474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS