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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8734
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 19, 2022Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide that no Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mount Rushmore Protection Act.
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Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) Mount Rushmore National Memorial is America’s Shrine of Democracy.
(2) The Mount Rushmore National Memorial depicts the faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, with the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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Prohibition on use of Federal funds
No Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.