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S. 3124 (96th)

A bill to establish the "United States Holocaust Memorial Council".

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Introduced

17 September 1980

Last action

17 September 1980 · Introduced

Status

Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO], Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL], Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN], Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Durkin, John A. [D-NH], Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN], Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS], Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL], Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA], Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ]

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Summary

Establishes the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which shall: (1) provide and encourage appropriate ways for the Nation to observe the Days of Remembrance to commemorate the holocaust; (2) plan, erect, and oversee the operation of a memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust; and (3) plan for carrying out the recommendations of the report submitted to the President on September 27, 1979, by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Authorizes the Council to receive public land in the District of Columbia on which it may erect the memorial. Terminates the Council's authority to construct a memorial if the erection of the memorial has not commenced within five years of enactment of this Act and sufficient funds to ensure completion of the memorial have not been certified to be available. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

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Timeline

  1. 17 September 1980

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 September 1980

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

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