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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8227
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
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. RASKIN) 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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Francis G. Newlands
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Memorial Removal Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PLAQUE AND CONCRETE FROM ME-
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MORIAL FOUNTAIN GROUNDS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
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shall—
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(1) remove the bronze plaque bearing the name
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‘‘Francis G. Newlands’’ from the memorial fountain
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grounds;
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(2) remove from the fountain the block of con-
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crete that is inscribed with the name of, and other
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information related to, Francis Griffith Newlands;
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and
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(3) donate the items removed pursuant to para-
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graphs (1) and (2) to the descendants of Francis
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Griffith Newlands.
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(b) MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN.—For the purposes of this
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section, the term ‘‘memorial fountain’’ means the memo-
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rial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle, Connecticut
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Avenue and Western Avenue NW, in the District of Co-
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lumbia.
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