An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia

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An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia

An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia

Act Details

An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1986-04-24 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 99 United States Congress by Frank Hughes Murkowski in relation with: Authors and authorship, District of Columbia, Monuments and memorials, National anthems.

An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia became law (1) in the United States on 1986-10-27. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (SSEG)
sub Subcommittee on Public Lands Reserved Water and Resource Conservation (sub 09)

Frank Hughes Murkowski, member of the US congress
Frank Hughes Murkowski, Republican, Senator from Alaska

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Alfonse D'Amato, Senator, from New York
Dennis Webster Deconcini, Democrat, Senator, from Arizona
Jeremiah Andrew Denton, Republican, Senator, from Alabama
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Barry Goldwater, Senator, from Arizona
Charles Mccurdy Mathias, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
John Cornelius Stennis, Democrat, Senator, from Mississippi
Edward Zorinsky, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska

Act Overview

  • Number: 2370 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1986-04-24
  • Sponsor Name: Edward Zorinsky
  • Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
  • Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
  • Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1986-10-27
  • Type: s (7)
  • Main Topic: Monuments and memorials
  • Related Bills: (8)
  • Summary of An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
  • Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia

(Measure passed Senate amended) Authorizes the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor of Francis Scott Key the author of the words to the National Anthem. Directs the Secretary of the Interior with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission to select the site for the memorial. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to assume the Secretary's functions under this Act if the proposed site is on grounds owned or under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. Prohibits the use of either Federal or District of Columbia funds to establish the memorial. Terminates the authority created by this Act if construction of the memorial does not begin within five years with funds sufficient to ensure its completion. Requires the memorial if erected on Federal land in the District of Columbia to comply with a specified Act as approved by the House of Representatives on September 29 1986.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
  • [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
  • [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia)
  • [Note 4] An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1986-04-24) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
  • [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
  • [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
  • [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
  • [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia submitted yet.

Authors and authorship
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National anthems

Further Reading

  • “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
  • “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
  • “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Related pieces of legislation:

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  3. To authorize the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass
  4. Joint resolution to authorize the erection of the American Legion's Freedom Bell on lands of the park system of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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  14. A joint resolution authorizing the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia
  15. An Act to amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to the District of Columbia
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