102 STAT. 3922
PUBLIC LAW 100-660—NOV. 15, 1988
Public Law 100-660 100th Congress An Act Nov. 15, 1988 [S. 2042]
To authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor women of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 40 USC 1003
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., is authorized to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMORATIVE WORKS.—
The establishment of the memorial shall be in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to provide standards for placement of commemorative works on certain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes", approved November 14, 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
The United States shall not pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial. SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress, with respect to location of the memorial in accordance with the Act referred to in section 1(b), that it would be most fitting and appropriate to place the memorial within the 2.2 acre site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia. Approved November 15, 1988.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2042: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-948 (Comm. on House Administration). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-371 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): June 14, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 23, considered and passed House, amended. Oct. 12, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments. Oct. 21, House disagreed to Senate amendments. Senate receded from its amendments.
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