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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 859 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize references to the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force |
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| 6 | 6 | | Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, as the ‘‘National Cold War Center’’. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY7, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | RAWFORD(for himself, Mr. HILL, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. WESTERMAN) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To authorize references to the museum located at Blytheville/ |
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| 15 | 15 | | Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, as the |
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| 16 | 16 | | ‘‘National Cold War Center’’. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Cold War 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Center Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Congress makes the following findings: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) The BAFB Cold War Museum, Inc., a non-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the In-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ternal Revenue Code of 1986, is responsible for the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | finances and management of the National Cold War 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Museum at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Blytheville, Arkansas. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) The National Cold War Center, located on 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base, will be recog-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nized as a major tourist attraction in Arkansas that 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | will provide an immersive and authoritative experi-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ence in informing, interpreting, and honoring the 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | legacy of the Cold War. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) The Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base has 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the only intact, publicly accessible Alert Facility and 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Weapons Storage Facility in the United States. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (4) There is an urgent need to preserve the sto-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ries, artifacts, and heroic achievements of the Cold 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | War. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) The United States has a need to preserve 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | forever the knowledge and history of the United 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | States’ achievements in the Cold War century and to 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | portray that history to citizens, visitors, and school 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | children for centuries to come. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (6) The National Cold War Center seeks to 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | educate a diverse group of audiences through its col-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lection of artifacts, photographs, and firsthand per-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •HR 859 IH |
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| 56 | 56 | | sonal accounts of the participants in the war on the 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | home front. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | The purposes of this Act are— 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) to authorize references to the museum lo-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | cated at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blythe-6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ville, Arkansas, including its future and expanded 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | exhibits, collections, and educational programs, as 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the ‘‘National Cold War Center’’; 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) to ensure the continuing preservation, main-10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tenance, and interpretation of the artifacts, docu-11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ments, images, and history collected by the Center; 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) to enhance the knowledge of the American 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | people of the experience of the United States during 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the Cold War years; 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (4) to provide and support a facility for the 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | public display of the artifacts, photographs, and per-17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | sonal histories of the Cold War years; and 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (5) to ensure that all future generations under-19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | stand the sacrifices made to preserve freedom and 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | democracy, and the benefits of peace for all future 21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | generations in the 21st century and beyond. 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | SEC. 4. REFERENCE TO AMERICA’S COLD WAR CENTER. 1 |
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| 82 | 82 | | The museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force 2 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, is hereby authorized to be 3 |
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| 84 | 84 | | referred to as the ‘‘National Cold War Center’’. 4 |
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