Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center Act
Latest action · Jul 24, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 17, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 11, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Title I: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site an education center for informing and educating the public about the Memorial. Considers the Center a commemorative work, but waives location and final approval requirements.
Requires the center size to be limited to the minimum necessary to: (1) provide for appropriate educational and interpretive functions; (2) prevent interference with or encroachment on the Memorial; and (3) protect open space and visual sightlines on the Mall.
Requires the center to be operated and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for center planning, design, or construction.
Title II: Commemorative Works Act Amendments - Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003 - Prohibits the location of any commemorative work (work) within the Reserve (defined as the great cross-axis area of the Mall in the District of Columbia, which generally extends from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial) after enactment of this Act.
Revises conditions which must be met in order to extend the legislative authority for a work in the District beyond its normal seven-year limit to include determinations of the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services that final design approvals have been obtained from the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), and that 75 percent of the amount estimated to be required to complete the memorial has been raised, in which case the seven-year authority may be extended for not to exceed three years.
Redesignates the National Capital Memorial Commission as the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.
Requires money provided after enactment of this Act by a sponsor of a work to be credited to a separate account with the National Park Foundation.
Prohibits a work primarily designed as a museum from being located on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in Area I or in East Potomac Park. Authorizes the NCPC and the CFA to develop criteria specific to each site to ensure that the design of a work meets specified comparability requirements. Prohibits donor contributions to works from being acknowledged in any manner as part of the work or site.
Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees concerning the relocation of stable, maintenance, and concession facilities that are within the Reserve, as well as on limitations on the sale or distribution of permitted merchandise.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2003 to Jul 15, 2003; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 19, 2003 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | May 19, 2003 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | May 21, 2003 | |
| R-VA | John Warner | May 21, 2003 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | May 21, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | May 23, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Jun 2, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 2, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Jun 4, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Jun 5, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Jun 5, 2003 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Jun 9, 2003 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Jul 15, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 19, 2003Markup Jun 25, 2003Reported Jul 11, 2003 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 3, 2003 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2003 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2003 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2003Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- Jul 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- Jul 18, 2003Received in the House.
- Jul 18, 2003Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 18, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- Jul 17, 2003Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9605-9618; text as passed Senate: CR S9616-9617; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9616)
- Jul 11, 2003Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-98.
- Jul 11, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 206.
- Jun 25, 2003Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 3, 2003Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-65.
- May 19, 2003Introduced in Senate
- May 19, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6626-6627)
- May 19, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9616Text printed S9616 | — | Jul 17, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6626, S6627 | Chuck Hagel R-NE, John F. Kerry D-MA | May 19, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 30, 2003S. 1076, A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003</p>
- Jun 30, 2003S. 1076, A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans MemorialCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-65 | MEMORIAL TO HONOR ARMED FORCES; REQUIREMENTS FOR NAME ON VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL; MEMORIAL TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; AND CENTER FOR VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL61 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 3, 2003 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate for portions of this bill
- Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Passed Senate for portions of this bill
- Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2003Referred in House
- Jul 17, 2003Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 11, 2003Reported to Senate
- May 19, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.