90 STAT. 2632
PUBLIC LAW 94-556—OCT. 19, 1976
Public Law 94- •556 94th Congress An Act Oct. 19, 1976 [S. 64] Lincoln National Memorial. Recognition of Alaska and Hawaii. 16 USC 431 note.
Appropriation authorization.
To provide for the recognition of the States of Alaska and Hawaii at the Lincoln National Memorial, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of providing appropriate commemoration at the Lincoln National Memorial of the addition of the States of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to study the feasibility of and make recommendations for the recognition at an appropriate place at such memorial of the addition to the Union of the States of Alaska and Hawaii. Such recommendations shall after review and approval by the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation be submitted to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States. If, at the end of sixty days (not counting days on which the Senate or the House of Representatives has adjourned for more than three consecutive days) following receipt of such recommendations, neither committee has adopted a resolution of disapproval, the Secretary is authorized and directed to carry out said recommendations. SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not to exceed $20,000. No funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available prior to October 1, 1977. Approved October 19, 1976.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1684 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-734 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): Apr. 6, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 27, considered and passed House, amended. Oct. 1, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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