Public Law 115-18. Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.Mar
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Joint Resolution Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.Mar. 31, 2017[[S.J. Res. 1](/us/bill/115/sjres/1)][40 USC 8903 note](/us/usc/t40/s8903). Whereas [section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code](/us/usc/t40/s8908/b/1), provides that the location of a commemorative work in Area I, as depicted on the map entitled “Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs”, numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, shall be deemed to be authorized only if a recommendation for the location is approved by law not later than 150 calendar days after the date on which Congress is notified of the recommendation;
Whereas section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ([40 U.S.C. 8903 note](/us/usc/t40/s8903); [Public Law 113–291](/us/pl/113/291)) authorized the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia, to honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield; and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of the determination of the Secretary of the Interior that the memorial should be located in Area I:
Now, therefore, be it * Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the location of a commemorative work to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield authorized by section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ([40 U.S.C. 8903 note](/us/usc/t40/s8903); [Public Law 113–291](/us/pl/113/291)), within Area I, as depicted on 131 STAT. 83 the map entitled “Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs”, numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, is approved.
Approved March 31, 2017.
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