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handle is hein.crs/govcdzx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FF. ' ,iE S .r, i , August 9, 2016 Authorizing New Additions to Memorials in the District of Columbia: Issues for Consideration In the 114th Congress (2015-2016), several measures have been introduced to add new elements to existing memorials in the District of Columbia. For example, several bills have been considered that would add a wall of remembrance, which would include the names of soldiers killed during the Korean War, to the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall (H.R. 1475, S. 1982, and House amendments to S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016). Additionally, H.R. 5684 would add three benches to the Second Division Memorial on the Ellipse in front of the White House to honor Second Infantry Division soldiers killed in the Cold War in Korea, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan. H.R. 1475 has passed the House of Representatives; it has also been reported by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, with an amendment to specify the application of the Commemorative Works Act (CWA; 40 U.S.C. §§8901-8910) to the potential memorial wall. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on S. 1982, and the House amended S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016, to include the language from H.R. 1475. H.R. 5684 was introduced on July 8, 2016, and was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. No further action has been taken. Congress might consider several subjects regarding proposals to change or make an addition to an existing memorial. These include adding a new element to an existing memorial; placing a new element within the Reserve area of the National Mall; and determining criteria for the inclusion of individual names. § N S .11 1 1 N, k x In 1986, the CWA was enacted to provide standards for the consideration and placement of memorials in areas administered by the National Park Service (NPS) and the General Services Administration (GSA) in the District of Columbia. The CWA provides that no commemorative work may be established in the District of Columbia unless specifically authorized by Congress. Further, once dedicated, a memorial is considered a completed work of civic art, and additions are generally prohibited. Generally, encroachment on an existing memorial occurs when a new memorial or new element is added to an existing, completed memorial. Pursuant to the CWA, a new commemorative work shall be located so that ... it does not interfere with, or encroach on, an existing commemorative work. Even though the CWA established a general prohibition against adding new elements to existing memorials, in subsequent legislation Congress has authorized four new elements at existing commemorative works sites. These are * a plaque at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (P.L. 106- 214) to veterans who died as a result of service during the Vietnam War; * a plaque at the Lincoln Memorial (P.L. 106-365) commemorating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech; * a plaque at the World War II Memorial to honor Senator Robert J. Dole's leadership in making the Memorial a reality on the National Mall... (P.L. 111-88); and * a plaque at the World War II Memorial (P.L. 113-123) with the text of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer. Ree3r-veA \,A thm- Nation,,, Ka,- Pursuant to the CWA, to preserve the integrity of the Mall ... the siting of new commemorative works is prohibited in the Reserve (40 U.S.C. §8908(c)). The Reserve is the great cross-axis of the Mall, which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial (40 U.S.C. §8902(a)(3)). Figure 1 shows the reserve area of the National Mall. Figure I. Reserve Area of the National Mall = = Source: National Park Service Proposals to add a memorial wall to the Korean War Veterans memorial, for example, would allow a new mppm qq\ p\w gn'a', ggmm a 'S I 11LIANJILiN,

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