54 U.S.C. § 309101 — Sites and structures that commemorate former Presidents

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The Secretary can survey sites that might honor former Presidents and report findings to Congress. If Congress doesn't object within six months, the Secretary can declare a site a national historic site and buy the needed land. This power does not let the Secretary create memorials that only Congress can create.

(a) Survey. The Secretary may survey sites that seem fitting to honor a former President. The survey can (1) cover sites tied to that President's deeds, leadership, or life's work, and (2) find sites or structures with no historical link to the President that could still work as a memorial honoring them. (b) Reports. From time to time, the Secretary must send reports on the sites and structures found in the survey to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Each report must recommend whether the site or structure should become a national historic site or national memorial, and must include information on the land that would need to be bought, what facilities would need building, how the site would be run and maintained, and what all that would cost. (c) Establishment as National Historic Site. After the Secretary sends a report, Congress has six months to object. If neither Committee votes, by majority, to disapprove the Secretary's recommendation within that time, the Secretary may formally establish the site as a national historic site, including the land named in the report. (d) Acquisition of Land and Interests in Land. The Secretary may get that land by donation, by purchase using donated or appropriated money, by transfer from another federal agency, or by exchange. (e) Effect of Section. This section does not reduce the Secretary's powers under chapter 3201 of this title. It also does not let the Secretary create a national memorial when the law says only Congress can create it.

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(a)Survey.—

The Secretary may conduct a survey of sites that the Secretary considers exhibit qualities most appropriate for the commemoration of each former President. The survey may—

(1)

include sites associated with the deeds, leadership, or lifework of a former President; and

(2)

identify sites or structures historically unrelated to a former President but that may be suitable as a memorial to honor that President.

(b)Reports.—

The Secretary shall, from time to time, prepare and transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate reports on individual sites and structures identified in a survey under subsection (a), together with the Secretary’s recommendation as to whether the site or structure is suitable for establishment as a national historic site or national memorial to commemorate a former President. Each report shall include pertinent information with respect to the need for acquisition of land and interests in land, the development of facilities, and the operation and maintenance of the site or structure and the estimated cost of the operation and maintenance.

(c)Establishment as National Historic Site.—

If during the 6-month period following the transmittal of a report pursuant to subsection (b) neither Committee has by vote of a majority of its members disapproved a recommendation of the Secretary that a site or structure is suitable for establishment as a national historic site, the Secretary may by appropriate order establish the site or structure as a national historic site, including the land and interests in land identified in the report accompanying the recommendation of the Secretary.

(d)Acquistion 1of Land and Interests in Land.—

The Secretary may acquire the land and interests in land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal agency, or exchange.

(e)Effect of Section.—

Nothing in this section shall be construed as diminishing the authority of the Secretary under chapter 3201 of this title or as authorizing the Secretary to establish any national memorial, creation of which is expressly reserved to Congress.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3246.)

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2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3246

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