40 U.S.C. § 8903 Congressional Authorization of Commemorative Works

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• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

(a) IN GENERAL.-Commemorative works-

(1) may be established on federal lands referred to in section 8901(4) of this title only as specifically authorized by law; and

(2) are subject to applicable provisions of this chapter.

(b) MILITARY COMMEMORATIVE WORKS.-A military commemorative work may be authorized only to commemorate a war or similar major military conflict or a branch of the armed forces. A commemorative work solely commemorating a limited military engagement or a unit of an armed force may not be authorized. Commemorative works to a war or similar major military conflict may not be authorized until at least 10 years after the officially designated end of such war or conflict.

(c) WORKS COMMEMORATING EVENTS, INDIVIDUALS, OR GROUPS.-A commemorative work commemorating an event, individual, or group of individuals, except a military commemorative work as described in subsection (b), may not be authorized until after the 25th anniversary of the event, death of the individual, or death of the last surviving member of the group.

(d) CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.-In considering legislation authorizing commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate shall solicit the views of the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.

(e) EXPIRATION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.-Any legislative authority for a commemorative work shall expire at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of such authority, or at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of legislative authority to locate the commemorative work within Area I, if such additional authority has been granted, unless-

(1) the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services (as appropriate) has issued a construction permit for the commemorative work during that period; or

(2) the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate), in consultation with the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, has made a determination that-

(A) final design approvals have been obtained from the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount estimated to be required to complete the commemorative work has been raised.

If these two conditions have been met, the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) may extend the seven-year legislative authority for a period not to exceed three additional years. Upon expiration of the legislative authority, any previous site and design approvals shall also expire.

Cite as 40 U.S.C. § 8903

Source: Pub. L. 107-217, 116 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 108-126, title II, §203(c), Nov. 17, 2003, 117 Stat. 1350; Pub. L. 111-11, title VII, §7116(e)(1), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1203.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised <para>Section</para> </TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>8903(a)</TD> <TD>40:1003(a).</TD> <TD>Pub. L. 99-652, §3, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3651; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="100-202">Pub. L. <actid>100-202</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="100-202">§<actsec>101</actsec>(f)</actseccitation> [title II, §3], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-196; Pub. L. 100-230, §3, Jan. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1564; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-321">Pub. L. <actid>103-321</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-321">§<actsec>2</actsec>(b), Aug. 26, <sessionyear>1994</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 108 Stat. 1793; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1996" actaltid="L 104-186">Pub. L <actid>L 104-186</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1996" actaltid="L 104-186">title II, §<actsec>221</actsec>(18), Aug. 20, <sessionyear>1996</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 110 Stat. 1750.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>8903(b)</TD> <TD>40:1003(b).</TD> <TD/> </TR> <TR> <TD>8903(c)</TD> <TD>40:1003(c).</TD> <TD/> </TR> <TR> <TD>8903(d)</TD> <TD>40:1003(d).</TD> <TD/> </TR> <TR> <TD>8903(e)</TD> <TD>40:1010(b).</TD> <TD>Pub. L. 99-652, §10(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3654; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1991" actaltid="102-216">Pub. L. <actid>102-216</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1991" actaltid="102-216">§<actsec>1</actsec>, Dec. 11, <sessionyear>1991</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 105 Stat. 1666.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

In subsection (a)(1), the words "in the District of Columbia and its environs" are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (d), the words "House Administration" are substituted for "House Oversight" because the name of the Committee was changed in the 106th Congress. See Rule X(1)(i) of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2009-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111-11 which directed insertion of "Natural" before "Resources", was executed by making the insertion before "Resources of the House", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2003-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-126, §203(c)(1), substituted "work solely commemorating a limited military engagement" for "work commemorating a lesser conflict" and "such war or conflict" for "the event".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108-126, §203(c)(2), substituted "Memorial Advisory Commission" for "Memorial Commission" in heading, and in text substituted "Resources" for "House Administration" and inserted "Advisory" before "Commission".

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108-126, §203(c)(3), added subsec. (e) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (e). Text read as follows: "Legislative authority for a commemorative work expires at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date the authority is enacted unless the Secretary of the Interior or Administrator of General Services, as appropriate, has issued a construction permit for the commemorative work during that period."

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT

Amendments by Pub. L. 108-126 not applicable to a commemorative work for which a site was approved in accordance with this chapter prior to Nov. 17, 2003, see section 205 of Pub. L. 108-126 set out as a note under section 8901 of this title.

<TABLE> <TR><TD>COMMEMORATIVE WORKS</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Adams Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2001" actaltid="107-62">Pub. L. <actid>107-62</actid></actcitation>, 115 Stat. 411; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2002" actaltid="107-315">Pub. L. <actid>107-315</actid></actcitation>, 116 Stat. 2763; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2003" actaltid="108-7">Pub. L. <actid>108-7</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2003" actaltid="108-7">div. F, title I, §<actsec>142</actsec>, Feb. 20, <sessionyear>2003</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 117 Stat. 244; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2010" actaltid="111-169">Pub. L. <actid>111-169</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2010" actaltid="111-169">§<actsec>1</actsec>, May 24, <sessionyear>2010</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 124 Stat. 1192; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-291">Pub. L. <actid>113-291</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-291">div. B, title XXX, §<actsec>3094</actsec>3094,</actseccitation>, 128 Stat. 3880; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2019" actaltid="116-9">Pub. L. <actid>116-9</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2019" actaltid="116-9">title II, §<actsec>2406</actsec>2406,</actseccitation>, 133 Stat. 748.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>African-Americans Civil War Union Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1992" actaltid="102-412">Pub. L. <actid>102-412</actid></actcitation>, 106 Stat. 2104.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Air Force Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1993" actaltid="103-163">Pub. L. <actid>103-163</actid></actcitation>, 107 Stat. 1973; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2000" actaltid="106-302">Pub. L. <actid>106-302</actid></actcitation>, 114 Stat. 1062; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2001" actaltid="107-107">Pub. L. <actid>107-107</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2001" actaltid="107-107">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2863</actsec>(a)-(e), Dec. 28, <sessionyear>2001</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 115 Stat. 1330-1332.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>American Armored Force Memorial.-Pub. L. 99-620, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3493.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Armed Forces Members Killed in Attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2021" actaltid="117-81">Pub. L. <actid>117-81</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2021" actaltid="117-81">div. A, title X, §<actsec>1087</actsec>1087,</actseccitation>, 135 Stat. 1924; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2022" actaltid="117-263">Pub. L. <actid>117-263</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2022" actaltid="117-263">div. A, title X, §<actsec>1084</actsec>1084,</actseccitation>, 136 Stat. 2800.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Benjamin Banneker Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-355">Pub. L. <actid>105-355</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-355">title V, §<actsec>512</actsec>, Nov. 6, <sessionyear>1998</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 112 Stat. 3266.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="99-500">Pub. L. <actid>99-500</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="99-500">§<actsec>101</actsec>(h)</actseccitation> [title I, §118], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-242, 1783-266, and <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="99-591">Pub. L. <actid>99-591</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="99-591">§<actsec>101</actsec>(h)</actseccitation> [title I, §118], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-242, 3341-266; Pub. L. 99-558, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3144, repealed by <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">Pub. L. <actid>112-239</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2860</actsec>(f), Jan. 2, <sessionyear>2013</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 126 Stat. 2165; Pub. L. 99-590, title VIII, §§801, 802, Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3339; Pub. L. 100-265, Mar. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 39, repealed by <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">Pub. L. <actid>112-239</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2860</actsec>(f), Jan. 2, <sessionyear>2013</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 126 Stat. 2165; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-321">Pub. L. <actid>103-321</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-321">§<actsec>1</actsec>(a)(1), Aug. 26, <sessionyear>1994</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 108 Stat. 1793; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1996" actaltid="104-333">Pub. L. <actid>104-333</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1996" actaltid="104-333">div. I, title V, §<actsec>506</actsec>, Nov. 12, <sessionyear>1996</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 110 Stat. 4155; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-345">Pub. L. <actid>105-345</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-345">§<actsec>1</actsec>, Nov. 2, <sessionyear>1998</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 112 Stat. 3205; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2000" actaltid="106-442">Pub. L. <actid>106-442</actid></actcitation>, 114 Stat. 1926; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">Pub. L. <actid>112-239</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2860</actsec>2860,</actseccitation>, 126 Stat. 2164; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-176">Pub. L. <actid>113-176</actid></actcitation>, 128 Stat. 1910; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="117-328">Pub. L. <actid>117-328</actid></actcitation> div. DD, title VII, §703, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5618.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Brigadier General Francis Marion Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2008" actaltid="110-229">Pub. L. <actid>110-229</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2008" actaltid="110-229">title III, §<actsec>331</actsec>, May 8, <sessionyear>2008</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 122 Stat. 781; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2015" actaltid="114-92">Pub. L. <actid>114-92</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2015" actaltid="114-92">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2852</actsec>2852,</actseccitation>, 129 Stat. 1184.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2000" actaltid="106-348">Pub. L. <actid>106-348</actid></actcitation>, 114 Stat. 1358; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2006" actaltid="109-396">Pub. L. <actid>109-396</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2006" actaltid="109-396">title II, §<actsec>201</actsec>, Dec. 15, <sessionyear>2006</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 120 Stat. 2713; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2007" actaltid="110-106">Pub. L. <actid>110-106</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2007" actaltid="110-106">§<actsec>1</actsec>, Oct. 25, <sessionyear>2007</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 121 Stat. 1022.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1999" actaltid="106-79">Pub. L. <actid>106-79</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1999" actaltid="106-79">title VIII, §<actsec>8162</actsec>8162,</actseccitation>, 113 Stat. 1274; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2002" actaltid="107-117">Pub. L. <actid>107-117</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2002" actaltid="107-117">div. A, title VIII, §<actsec>8120</actsec>(a), (b), Jan. 10, <sessionyear>2002</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 115 Stat. 2273, 2274; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2006" actaltid="109-220">Pub. L. <actid>109-220</actid></actcitation>, 120 Stat. 335; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2008" actaltid="110-229">Pub. L. <actid>110-229</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2008" actaltid="110-229">title III, §<actsec>332</actsec>, May 8, <sessionyear>2008</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 122 Stat. 782; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2011" actaltid="112-74">Pub. L. <actid>112-74</actid></actcitation>, 125 Stat. 1036; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="113-6">Pub. L. <actid>113-6</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="113-6">div. F, title IV, §<actsec>1413</actsec>1413,</actseccitation>, 127 Stat. 421; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-76">Pub. L. <actid>113-76</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-76">div. G, title IV, §<actsec>437</actsec>(a), Jan. 17, <sessionyear>2014</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 128 Stat. 347; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-235">Pub. L. <actid>113-235</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2014" actaltid="113-235">div. F, title IV, §<actsec>423</actsec>(a), Dec. 16, <sessionyear>2014</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 128 Stat. 2449; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2015" actaltid="114-113">Pub. L. <actid>114-113</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2015" actaltid="114-113">div. G, title IV, §<actsec>419</actsec>(a), Dec. 18, <sessionyear>2015</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 129 Stat. 2579; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2017" actaltid="115-31">Pub. L. <actid>115-31</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2017" actaltid="115-31">div. G, title IV, §<actsec>419</actsec>, May 5, <sessionyear>2017</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 131 Stat. 498.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Enslaved Individuals Who Endured the Middle Passage Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="117-328">Pub. L. <actid>117-328</actid></actcitation> div. DD, title VII, §707, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5620.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Every Word We Utter Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2020" actaltid="116-217">Pub. L. <actid>116-217</actid></actcitation>, 134 Stat. 1052.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Fallen Journalists Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2020" actaltid="116-253">Pub. L. <actid>116-253</actid></actcitation>, 134 Stat. 1135; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="117-328">Pub. L. <actid>117-328</actid></actcitation> div. DD, title VII, §708, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5620.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>First Division Monument.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2021" actaltid="116-283">Pub. L. <actid>116-283</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2021" actaltid="116-283">div. A, title X, §<actsec>1083</actsec>1083,</actseccitation>, 134 Stat. 3875.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Francis Scott Key Memorial.-Pub. L. 99-531, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3022.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Frederick Douglass Memorial and Gardens.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2000" actaltid="106-479">Pub. L. <actid>106-479</actid></actcitation>, 114 Stat. 2184.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>George Mason Memorial.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1990" actaltid="101-358">Pub. L. <actid>101-358</actid></actcitation>, 104 Stat. 419; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1992" actaltid="102-277">Pub. L. <actid>102-277</actid></actcitation>, 106 Stat. 127; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-182">Pub. L. <actid>105-182</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1998" actaltid="105-182">§<actsec>1</actsec>, June 19, <sessionyear>1998</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 112 Stat. 516.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Gold Star Mothers Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">Pub. L. <actid>112-239</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="2013" actaltid="112-239">div. B, title XXVIII, §<actsec>2859</actsec>2859,</actseccitation>, 126 Stat. 2164.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Heroic Deeds and Sacrifices of Service Animals and Handlers of Service Animals Commemorative Work.- <actcitation href="" statecd="US" actaltid="117-328">Pub. L. <actid>117-328</actid></actcitation> div. DD, title VII...