To authorize the modification of the Second Division Memorial.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 908 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Murkowski to Amendment SA 1003.(consideration: CR S5787; text: CR S5793)
September 18, 2017
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 908 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Murkowski to Amendment SA 1003.(consideration: CR S5787; text: CR S5793)
September 18, 2017
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
September 18, 2017
Amendment SA 908 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Murkowski to Amendment SA 1003. (consideration: CR S5787; text: CR S5793) To authorize the modification of the Second Division Memorial.
September 18, 2017
Amendment SA 908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
September 18, 2017
Senate amendment submitted
September 11, 2017
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SA 908. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. MODIFICATION OF THE SECOND DIVISION MEMORIAL. (a) Authorization.--The Second Indianhead Division Association, Inc., Scholarship and Memorials Foundation, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, may place additional commemorative elements or engravings on the raised platform or stone work of the existing Second Division Memorial located in President's Park, between 17th Street Northwest and Constitution Avenue in the District of Columbia, to further honor the members of the Second Infantry Division who have given their lives in service to the United States. (b) Application of Commemorative Works Act.--Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Commemorative Works Act''), shall apply to the design and placement of the commemorative elements or engravings authorized under subsection (a). (c) Funding.--Federal funds may not be used for modifications of the Second Division Memorial authorized under subsection (a). ______