National Liberty Memorial Act

National Liberty Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. (previously, the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation) to establish a memorial on specified federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the slaves and free persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution and to honor the men, women, and children who ran away from slavery or filed petitions with courts and legislatures seeking their freedom. Requires the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish the memorial.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1693 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1693

To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on 
   Federal land in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens 
  previously approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
    independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
                              Revolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2007

 Mr. Payne (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Sires, Mrs. Lowey, 
    Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Clay) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on 
   Federal land in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens 
  previously approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
    independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
                              Revolution.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Liberty Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the contributions of free persons and slaves 
who fought during the American Revolution were of preeminent historical 
and lasting significance to the United States, as required by section 
8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code.

SEC. 3. THE NATIONAL LIBERTY MEMORIAL.

    Public Law 99-558 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 100 Stat. 3144) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 1--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``The Black Revolutionary 
                        War Patriots Foundation is authorized to 
                        establish a memorial'' and inserting the 
                        following--
    ``(a) In General.--National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. may establish a 
memorial (referred to in this Act as the `memorial')''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Federal land in the 
                        District of Columbia and its environs'' and 
                        inserting ``the Federal land in the District of 
                        Columbia described in subsection (b)''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence and inserting 
                the following:
    ``(b) Description of Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the portion of land at Constitution Gardens, located 
on the south side of Constitution Lake and west of the island, that was 
previously selected as the site for the memorial.
    ``(c) Applicable Law.--The memorial shall be established in 
accordance with chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code.''; and
            (2) in section 2, by striking ``The Black Revolutionary War 
        Patriots Foundation'' and inserting ``National Mall Liberty 
        Fund D.C.''.
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