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INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-264
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM WAR MEMORIAL ACT
JULY 28, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 873]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 873) to authorize the Global War on Terror Memorial
Foundation to establish the National Global War on Terrorism Me-
morial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 873 is to authorize the Global War on Terror
Memorial Foundation to establish the National Global War on Ter-
rorism Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Co-
lumbia.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Presi-
dent George W. Bush launched the Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations, formally known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).1
Since 2001, more than five million men and women have served in
the U.S. armed forces. All named campaigns (e.g., Operation En-
during Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn,
etc.) fall under the umbrella of the GWOT.
H.R. 873, would authorize the Global War on Terrorism Memo-
rial Foundation-a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization-to begin the
Commemorative Works Act (CWA, 40 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) process
to establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia
or its environs to commemorate and honor the members of the
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