114 STAT. 2372
PUBLIC LAW 106-511—NOV. 13, 2000
(3) Many of these memorials suffer from neglect and disrepair, and many have been relocated or stored in facilities
where they are unavailable to the public and subject to further
neglect and damage.
(4) There exists a need to collect and centralize information
regarding the location, status, and description of these memorials.
(5) The Federal Government maintains information on
memorials only if they are federally funded.
(6) Remembering Veterans Who Earned Their Stripes (a
nonprofit corporation established as RVETS, Inc. under the
laws of the State of Nevada) has undertaken a self-funded
program to catalogue the memorials located in the United
States that commemorate military conflicts of the United States
and the service of individuals in the Armed Forces, and has
already obtained information on more than 7,000 memorials
in 50 States.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of the Congress
that—
(1) the people of the United States owe a debt of gratitude
to veterans for their sacrifices in defending the Nation during
times of war and peace;
(2) public memorials that commemorate military conflicts
of the United States and the service of individuals in the
Armed Forces should be maintained in good condition, so that
future generations may know of the burdens borne by these
individuals;
(3) Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for the
construction and maintenance of these memorials should
cooperate in cataloging these memorials and providing the
resulting information to the Department of the Interior; and
(4) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director
of the National Park Service, should—
(A) collect and maintain information on public memorials that commemorate military conflicts of the United
States and the service of individuals in the Armed Forces;
(B) coordinate efforts at collecting and maintaining
this information with similar efforts by other entities, such
as Remembering Veterans Who Earned Their Stripes (a
nonprofit corporation established as RVETS, Inc. under
the laws of the State of Nevada); and
(C) make this information available to the public.
TITLE IV—CONVEYANCE OF KINIKLIK
VILLAGE
SEC. 401. CONVEYANCE OF KINIKLIK VILLAGE.
Chugach Alaska
(a) That portion of the property identified in United States
Corporation.
Survey Number 628, Tract A, containing 0.34 acres and Tract
B containing 0.63 acres located in Section 26, Township 9 North,
Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, containing 0.97 acres, more or
less, and further described as Tracts A and B Russian Greek Church
Mission Reserve according to United States Survey 628 shall be
offered for a period of 1 year for sale by quitclaim deed from
the United States by and through the Forest Service to Chugach
Alaska Corporation under the following terms:
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