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12. Seabees Memorial

Joint Resolution proposing the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of the Seabees of the United States Navy. (86 Stat. 678)

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Seabee Memorial Association, Incorporated, is authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of the Seabees of the United States Navy who have served their country with the "CAN DO" spirit in building for peace.

SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, upon which may be erected the memorial authorized in the first section of this Act: Provided, That if the site selected is on public grounds belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of Columbia, the approval of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall also be obtained.

(b) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, and the United States or the District of Columbia shall be put to no expense in the erection thereof.

SEC. 3. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced within five years from the date of enactment of this joint resolution, and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in an amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, to insure completion of the memorial.

SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected under the provisions of this Act shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior, or, if the memorial is erected upon public grounds belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, the government of the District of Columbia.

Approved September 18, 1972.

Legislative History

House Report No. 92-1032 (Committee on House Administration).
Senate Report No. 92-917 (Committee on Rules and Administration).
Congressional Record, Vol. 118 (1972):

May 9, considered and passed House.

June 23, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Sept. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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13. United Spanish War Veterans Memorial

Joint Resolution authorizing the United Spanish War Veterans to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs. (78 Stat. 992)

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Spanish War Veterans are authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of the men who served in the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition (1898-1902).

SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, upon which may be erected the memorial authorized in the first section of this Act: Provided, That if the site selected is on public grounds belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of Columbia, the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall also be obtained.

(b) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, and the United States or the District of Columbia shall be put to no expense in the erection thereof.

SEC. 3. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced within five years from the date of enactment of this joint resolution, and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in an amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, to insure completion of the memorial.

SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected under the provisions of this Act shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved October 2, 1964.

Legislative History

House Report No. 1774 (Committee on House Administration).
Senate Report No. 1600 (Committee on Rules and Administration).

Congressional Record, Vol. 110 (1964):

Aug. 17: Considered and passed House.

Sept. 25: Considered and passed Senate.

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14. U.S. Park Police Age Limits

An Act relating to age limits in connection with appointments to the United States Park Police. (83 Stat. 116)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 89-554 (80 Stat. 419, 5 U.S.C. 3307) the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the United States Park Police may be made.

Approved September 26, 1969.

Legislative History

House Report No. 91-477 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs).
Senate Report No. 91-295 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs).
Congressional Record, Vol. 115 (1969):

July 11: Considered and passed Senate.
Sept. 15: Considered and passed House.

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XII. COMMISSIONS

1. Alcatraz Island

An Act to establish a Federal commission on the disposition of Alcatraz Island. (77 Stat. 247)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is hereby established a commission to be known as the Commission on the Disposition of Alcatraz Island (in this Act referred to as "the Commission") which shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be appointed by the President of the United States, one by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one by the President of the Senate. The three members appointed by the President of the United States shall include a member nominated by the Governor of the State of California and a member nominated by the mayor of San Francisco.

(b) A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

SEC. 2. (a) The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.

(b) Three members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.

SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall make an investigation and study of possible uses for Alcatraz Island when it is no longer used as a Federal prison.

(b) The Commission shall recommend the use or uses which it regards as most appropriate, shall make an estimate of the cost thereof, and shall recommend how such cost should be borne.

SEC. 4. The Commission shall trasmit the results of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, in a report to the Congress submitted not later than December 31, 1963. In the event that such report is made when the Congress is not in session, it shall be transmitted to the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Six months after the submission of such report, the Commission shall cease to exist.

SEC. 5. Members of the Commission appointed under the authority of this Act shall serve without compensation.

Approved October 16, 1963.

Legislative History

House Report No. 232 (Committee on Judiciary).
Senate Report No. 536 (Committee on Judiciary).
Congressional Record, Vol. 109 (1963):

May 6: Considered and passed House.

Oct. 2: Passed Senate.

2. American Revolution Bicentennial

Joint Resolution to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes. (80 Stat. 259) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, as this Nation approaches the bicentennial of its birth and the historic events preceding and associated with the American Revolution which are of such major significance in the development of our national heritage of individual liberty, representative government, and the attainment of equal and inalienable rights and which have also had so profund an influence throughout the world, it is appropriate and desirable to provide for the observation and commemoration of this anniversary and these events through local, State, National, and international activities planned, encouraged, developed, and coordinated by a national commission representative of appropriate public and private authorities and organi

zations.

SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the American Revolution bicentennial.

(b) The Commission shall be composed of the following members:

(1) Four Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) Four Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3) The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Archivist of the United States, and the Chairman of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, all of whom shall be ex officio members of the Commission;

(4) Seventeen members from private life to be appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated as the Chairman by the President.

(c) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointments were made.

SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare an overall program for commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution, and to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate observances and activities commemorating the historic events that preceded, and are associated with, the American Revolution.

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