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Nov. 14, 1986 [H.R. 4378]

PUBLIC LAW 99-652—NOV. 14, 1986

Public Law 99-652 99th Congress

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To provide standards for placement of commemorative works on certain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, PURPOSES

Public buildings ^l^d grounds. 40UbCiooi.

SECTION 1. The purposes of this Act are as follows: (a) to preserve the integrity of the comprehensive design of ^j^g L'Enfant and McMillan plans for the Nation's Capital; (b) to ensure the continued public use and enjoyment of open space in the District of Columbia; (c) to preserve, protect and maintain the limited amount of open space available to residents of, and visitors to, the Nation's Capital; and (d) to ensure that future commemorative works in areas administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration in the District of Columbia and its environs (1) are appropriately designed, constructed, and located and (2) reflect a consensus of the lasting national significance of the subjects involved. DEFINITIONS

40 USC 1002.

SEC. 2. As used in this Act— (a) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; (b) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the General Services Administration; (c) the term "commemorative work" means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of a person, group, event or other significant element of history. The term does not include any such item which is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for other purposes; (d) the term "person" means an individual, group or organization authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs; (e) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term "the District of Columbia and its environs" means those lands and properties administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration located in Areas I and II as depicted on the map numbered 869/86501, and dated May 1, 1986. ._ ^ ^ io. -

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