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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1088 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the United States military during World War II may be located |
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| 8 | 8 | | on the National Mall, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | HAHEEN(for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) intro- |
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| 13 | 13 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice |
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| 17 | 17 | | and service of the women who worked on the home |
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| 18 | 18 | | front to support the efforts of the United States military |
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| 19 | 19 | | during World War II may be located on the National |
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| 20 | 20 | | Mall, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘World War II Women’s 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Memorial Location Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Congress finds that— 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 1088 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) during World War II, more than 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 18,000,000 women answered the call during a global 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | crisis to hold down the home front by working as pi-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lots, engineers, mechanics, code breakers, and more, 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | building planes, tanks, munitions, and other equip-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ment needed by United States troops, and serving as 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the backbone of the war effort; 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) section 702 of division DD of the Consoli-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (40 U.S.C. 8903 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | note; Public Law 117–328), authorized the World 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | War II Women’s Memorial Foundation (formerly 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | known as the ‘‘Women Who Worked on the Home 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Front Foundation’’) to establish a commemorative 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | work on Federal land in the District of Columbia 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and its environs to commemorate the service and 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | sacrifice to the United States of the women who 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | worked on the home front during World War II; and 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) locating the commemorative work described 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | in paragraph (2) on the National Mall would be a 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | respectful extension of the enduring legacy of the 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | women who worked on the home front during World 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | War II. 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SEC. 3. LOCATION OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Notwithstanding section 8908 of title 40, United 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | States Code, the commemorative work to commemorate 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 1088 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | the commitment and service of the women who worked on 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the home front during World War II authorized by section 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 702 of division DD of the Consolidated Appropriations 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act, 2023 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 117–328), 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | may be located within— 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) Area I, as depicted on the map entitled 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Envi-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | rons’’, numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2003; or 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) the Reserve (as defined in section 8902(a) 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | of title 40, United States Code). 11 |
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