A bill to allow the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia.
Authorizes the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor of Francis Scott Key, the author of the words to the National Anthem. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select the site for the memorial. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to assume the Secretary's functions under this Act if the proposed site is on grounds owned or under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
Prohibits the use of either Federal or District of Columbia funds to establish the memorial. Terminates the authority created by this Act if construction of the memorial does not begin within five years with funds sufficient to ensure its completion. Requires the memorial, if erected on Federal land in the District of Columbia, to comply with a specified Act as approved by the House of Representatives on September 29, 1986.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Favorable.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 99-457.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 99-457.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 941.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 99-531.
Became Public Law No: 99-531.
Enacted as Public Law 99-531
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