PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - 2 1 1 — F E B. 6, 1976
90 STAT. 151
Public Law 94-211 94th Congress An Act To authorize the One Hundred and First Airborne Division Association to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the One H u n dred and F i r s t Airborne Division Association is authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and in commemoration of the men of the "Screaming E a g l e s " of the One H u n d r e d and F i r s t Airborne Division, United States Army, who have served their country in World W a r II, Vietnam, and maintaining peace. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to select, with the approval of the National Commission of F i n e A r t s and the National Capital P l a n n i n g 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 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 Mayor 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 F i n e A r t s and the National Capital P l a n n i n g 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 Act shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced within five years from the date of enactment of this Act, and (2) p r i o r 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 February 6, 1976.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-740 accompanying H.R. 3710 (Comm. on House Administration). SENATE REPORT No. 94-494 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 121 (1975): Dec. 1, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 122 (1976): Jan. 20, considered and passed House, in lieu of H.R. 3710.
Feb. 6, 1976 [S. 1847]
D.C. One Hundred and First Airborne Division Association. "Screaming Eagles", memorial. Site selection.
Design.
Authority.
Maintenance.
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