2. Bernardo de Galvez Statue An Act to authorize the erection of a statue of Bernardo de Galvez on public grounds in the District of Columbia (90 Stat. 519) (P.L. 94-287) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior shall select an appropriate site for the location of a statue, including pedestal therefor, of Bernardo de Galvez, a gift of the Government of Spain in recognition of the Bicentennial celebrations of the United States of America and as a token of the friendship that exists between the people of Spain and the people of the United States. Such statute shall be erected on grounds now owned by the United States of America in the District of Columbia if (1) the choice of the site and the design of the statue is approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, and (2) the erection of the statue is begun within five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The erection of the statue and proper landscape treatment of the site, including walks, shall be without expense to the United States of America, except for necessary maintenance after completion. Approved May 21, 1976. Legislative History: Senate Report No. 94-775 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). May 5, considered and passed Senate. May 10, considered and passed House, in lieu of H.R. 11844. 3. Constitution Gardens An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to memorialize the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence in Constitution Gardens in the District of Columbia. (92 Stat. 197) (P.L. 95-260) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") may establish a memorial in honor of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, such memorial to be on a suitable site selected by the Secretary, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, in the area known as Constitution Gardens in the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. The Administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Administrator") shall prepare, in consultation with the American Revolution Bicentennial Board, the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, the design and plans for the memorial authorized by the first section. SEC. 3. (a) Not to exceed $500,000 of the funds, other than appropriated funds, which are available to the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration under the Act entitled "An Act to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, and for other purposes", approved December 11, 1973 (87 Stat. 697), and as approved by the American Revolution Bicentennial Board, may be used to carry out the provisions of the first two sections of this Act. (b) of the funds described in subsection (a) which are not used by the Administrator in carrying out the provisions of section 2, the Administrator shall transfer to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of the first section of this Act. SEC. 4. (a) The establishment of the memorial authorized by the first section may not begin unless the Secretary determines that sums expended in carrying out the first two sections of this Act will not exceed $500,000. Such determination shall be made in consultation with the Administrator if the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration has not terminated pursuant to section 7 of the Act of December 11, 1973 (87 Stat. 701). (b) The authority contained in the first section shall expire unless the establishment of the memorial authorized by such section is begun within two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. (a) The maintenance and care of the memorial authorized under the first section shall be the responsibility of the Secretary. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1977, and each fiscal year thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a). SEC. 6. No funds other than funds described in section 3 and funds authorized to be appropriated in section 5(b) may be used by the Administrator or the Secretary to carry out this Act. SEC. 7. The Secretary shall carry out any functions of the Administrator under this Act after the termination of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration pursuant to section 7 of the Act of December 11, 1973 (87 Stat. 701), provided that the Secretary shall consult with those persons who were members of the American Revolution Bicentennial Board on the date of its termination. Approved April 17, 1978. Legislative History: House Report No. 95-462, pt. I (Comm. on House Administration). Vol. 23 (1977): July 11, considered and passed House. Vol. 24 (1978): Jan 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. 4. First Infantry Division Vietnam Monument An Act to authorize the erection of a monument to the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States Forces in Vietnam. (88 Stat. 741) (P.L. 93–384) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Society of the First Infantry Division-First Division Memorial Committee is authorized to erect (at no cost to the United States or the District of Columbia) a monument to the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States Forces in Vietnam, on the public grounds of the United States in the District of Columbia previously set aside for memorial purposes of the First Infantry Division, adjacent to the monument to the dead of the First Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, and adjacent to the monument to the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States Forces in World War II. SEC. 2. The design and plans for such monument shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for the maintenance and care of any such monument, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935. Approved August 23, 1974. Legislative History: House Report No. 93-1254 (Comm. on House Administration). Vol. 119 (1973): Feb. 19, considered and passed Senate. 5. Frederick Douglass Home An Act to authorize additional appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho. (92 Stat. 3467) (P.L. 95-625) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-DEVELOPMENT CEILING INCREASES SEC. 101. The limitations on funds for development within certain units of the National Park System and affiliated areas are amended as follows: (10) Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia: Section 4 of the Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 435), is amended by changing "$413,000" to "$1,350,000". |