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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2419
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 15, 2006
Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Kerry) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War by providing a deadline for the designation of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor
Center Deadline Enforcement Act
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Deadline for approval of vietnam veterans memorial visitor center
Section 6 of Public Law 96–297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note; 94 Stat. 827, 117 Stat. 1348) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
Location
The visitor center shall be located underground in the triangular land area between Henry Bacon Drive, 23rd Street, Constitution Avenue, and the Lincoln Memorial in the District of Columbia.
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by adding at the end the following:
Deadline for approval
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, final approval of the visitor center shall occur not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection.
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