A bill to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 11, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to terminate the authority for the establishment of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, on November 12, 2006.

[108th Congress Public Law 125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 108-125
108th Congress

                                 An Act


 
      To extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to
      Martin Luther King, Jr. <<NOTE: Nov. 11, 2003 -  [S. 470]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 40 USC 8903 note.>> MEMORIAL TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, 
            JR.

    Section 508(b) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-333), as amended, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--(1) Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), the establishment of the memorial shall be 
in accordance with chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code.
    ``(2) <<NOTE: Termination date.>> Notwithstanding section 8903(e) of 
title 40, United States Code, the authority provided by this section 
terminates on November 12, 2006.''.

    Approved November 11, 2003.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 470 (H.R. 1209):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108-203 accompanying H.R. 1209 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 108-90 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003):
            July 17, considered and passed Senate.
            Oct. 28, considered and passed House.

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