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