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PUBLIC LAW 108–126—NOV. 17, 2003
its environs, and to encourage the location of commemorative works within the urban fabric of the District of Columbia;’’. (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: ‘‘(1) COMMEMORATIVE WORK.—The term ‘commemorative work’ means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event or other significant element of American history, except that the term does not include any such item which is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for other purposes. ‘‘(2) THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ITS ENVIRONS.—The term ‘the District of Columbia and its environs’ means those lands and properties administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration located in the Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the map entitled ‘Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs’, numbered 869/ 86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003. ‘‘(3) RESERVE.—The term ‘Reserve’ means the great crossaxis of the Mall, which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial, as depicted on the map referenced in paragraph (2). ‘‘(4) SPONSOR.—The term ‘sponsor’ means a public agency, or an individual, group or organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, and which is authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.’’. (c) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 8903 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking ‘‘work commemorating a lesser conflict’’ and inserting ‘‘work solely commemorating a limited military engagement’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘the event’’ and inserting ‘‘such war or conflict’’; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking ‘‘CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIAL COMMISSION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.—’’; (B) by striking ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Resources’’; and (C) by inserting ‘‘Advisory’’ before ‘‘Commission’’; and (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ‘‘(e) EXPIRATION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.—Any legislative authority for a commemorative work shall expire at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of such authority, or at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of legislative authority to locate the commemorative work within Area I, if such additional authority has been granted, unless—
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