,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjai,mr4 ,crow 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1   
,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,waltz1
 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 
,golden1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1    
,mr4 ,baird1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4       
,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4     
,steube1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,taylor1 ,mr4 
,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1  
,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4     
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mrs4       
,luria1 ,mr4 ,riggleman1 ,ms4           
,spanberger1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,ms4          
,sherrill1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1
 and ,mr4 ,banks7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the location of
 a memorial on the ,national ,mall to   
commemorate and honor the members of the
 ,armed ,forces that served on active   
duty in support of the ,global ,war on  

,terrorism1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,global ,war on ,terrorism         
,memorial ,location ,act  #b4 ,findings 
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,nearing two decades after the          
,september #aa attacks against the      
,united ,states1 ,america continues the 
,global ,war on ,terrorism1 at great    
personal cost to men and women serving  
on active duty in the ,nation's ,armed  
,forces and to those whose support they 
depend upon to fulfill their duties4    
7#b7 ,civil servants from ,federal      
agencies1 the intelligence community1   
local emergency responders1 and other   
civilian support personnel have made    
significant sacrifices in their service 
in the ,global ,war on ,terrorism4  7#c7
 ,honoring the losses endured by these  
individuals and their families1 in #bjag
 ,congress unanimously passed and the   
,president signed ,public ,law #aae-ea1 
which allowed the ,global ,war on       
,terrorism ,memorial ,foundation to     

establish a memorial to the fallen on   
,federal land in the ,district of       
,columbia4  7#d7 ,given the significance
 of the ,global ,war on ,terrorism as   
the longest-running conflict in ,united 
,states history and the magnitude of the
 sacrifice involved in these operations1
 it is appropriate to locate the        
memorial to the ,global ,war on         
,terrorism within the ,reserve alongside
 existing memorials to the ,nation's    
major armed conflicts4  #c4 ,national   
global war on terrorism memorial        
location  7a7 ,authorization            
,notwithstanding section #hijh7;c7 of   
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 the   
,global ,war on ,terrorism ,memorial    
,foundation may establish a ,national   
,global ,war on ,terrorism ,memorial    
within the ,reserve4  7b7 ,location ,the
 ,memorial shall be located at one of   
the following sites1 as identified in   
and consistent with the document known  
as ,the ,memorials and ,museums ,master 
,plan3  7#a7 ,potential ,site           

#a--;,constitution ,gardens1 ,prime     
,candidate ,site #aj in ,the ,memorials 
and ,museums ,master ,plan4  7#b7       
,potential ,site #b--;,,jfk ,hockey     
,fields1 ,prime ,candidate ,site #ah in 
,the ,memorials and ,museums ,master    
,plan4  7#c7 ,potential ,site #c--,west 
,potomac ,park1 ,candidate ,site #gj in 
,the ,memorials and ,museums ,master    
,plan4  7c7 ,commemorative works act    
,except as otherwise provided by        
subsections 7a7 and 7b71 chapter #hi of 
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code        
7commonly known as the                  
#8#8,commemorative ,works ,act''71 shall
 apply to the ,memorial4  7d7           
,definitions ,for the purposes of this  
section1 the following definitions      
apply-- 7#a7 ,memorial ,the term        
,memorial means the ,national ,global   
,war on ,terrorism ,memorial authorized 
by subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,reserve ,the  
term ,reserve has the meaning given that
 term in #hijb7;a77#c7 of title #dj1    
,united ,states ,code4