,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #defd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #aj1
 #bjbj,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,ms4 
,hassan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,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 ,act4   
#b4 ,national ,global ,war on ,terrorism
 ,memorial  7a7 ,findings ,congress     
finds that-- 7#a7 approaching #b decades
 after the ,september #aa1 #bjja1       
attacks against the ,united ,states1 the
 ,united ,states continues the ,global  
,war on ,terrorism1 at great personal   
cost to-- 7,a7 the men and women serving
 on active duty in the ,armed ,forces2  

and  7,b7 the individuals on whose      
support those men and women depend to   
fulfill their duties2  7#b7 civil       
servants from ,federal departments and  
agencies1 the intelligence community1   
local emergency responders1 and other   
civilian support personnel have made    
significant sacrifices in service in the
 ,global ,war on ,terrorism2  7#c7      
honoring the losses endured by the      
individuals described in paragraphs 7#a7
 and 7#b71 together with their families1
 ,congress in #bjag unanimously passed1 
and the ,president signed1 the ,global  
,war on ,terrorism ,war ,memorial ,act  
7,public ,law #aae-ea2 #dj ,u4,s4,c4    
#hijc note71 which allowed the ,global  
,war on ,terrorism ,memorial ,foundation
 to establish on ,federal land in the   
,district of ,columbia a memorial to the
 fallen of that conflict2 and  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 operations in    
that conflict1 it is appropriate to     
locate the ,national ,global ,war on    
,terrorism ,memorial within the ,reserve
 alongside existing memorials to the    
major armed conflicts of the ,united    
,states4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,memorial ,the term       
,memorial means the ,national ,global   
,war on ,terrorism ,memorial authorized 
by subsection 7c77#a74  7#b7 ,reserve   
,the term ,reserve has the meaning given
 the term in section #hijb7;a7 of title 
#dj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7        
,location of ,memorial  7#a7            
,authorization ,notwithstanding section 
#hijh7;c7 of title #dj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 the ,global ,war on ,terrorism   
,memorial ,foundation may establish the 
,national ,global ,war on ,terrorism    
,memorial within the ,reserve4  7#b7    
,location ,the ,memorial shall be       
located at #a of the following sites1 as
 identified in1 and in accordance with1 
the document commonly 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  7#c7       
,commemorative ,works ,act ,except as   
otherwise provided in paragraphs 7#a7   
and 7#b71 chapter #hi of title #dj1     
,united ,states ,code 7commonly known as
 the #8#8,commemorative ,works ,act''71 
shall apply to the ,memorial4