[net.columbia] Astronauts' Memorial--House Resolution

ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (02/14/86)

       The following has been propsed by Robert E. Badham of
       Newport Beach, California, and co-sponsored by Peter Rodino
       (NJ), Robert Davis (MI), and Bill Chappell (FL):

                          House Joint Resolution
           in the House of Representatives of the United States
                             January 29, 1986
                             Joint Resolution

       Authorizing establishment of a memorial to honor America's
       astronauts.

            Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives
       of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

       SECTION 1.  ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL.
       (a) IN GENERAL.--The L-5 Society is authorized to establish
       a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia or
       its environs to honor America's astronauts and, in
       particular, those astronauts who have given up their lives
       in the pursuit of knowledge for all mankind.
       (b) SITE, DESIGN, AND PLANS.--In carrying out subsection
       (a), the L-5 Society shall be responsible for selecting site
       for the memorial and preparing the design and plans for the
       memorial, each of which shall be subject to the approval of
       the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Planning
       Commission.

       SECTION 2.  PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
       The United States shall not pay any expense of establishment
       of the memorial.  The L-5 Society shall not begin
       construction of the memorial until, as determined by the
       Comptroller General, amounts available to the L-5 Society
       from non-Federal sources are sufficient to carry out this
       resolution.

       SECTION 3.  EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.
       The authority to establish the memorial under this
       resolution shall expire at the end of the five-year period
       beginning on the date on which this resolution becomes law,
       unless construction of the memorial begins during that
       period.

I would urge everyone who wishes to see such a memorial to write their
Congressperson and ask them to support this resolution.  (While you're at
it, a plug for supporting the space program wouldn't hurt.)

If you wish to contact the L5 Society regarding this resolution, their address
is: L5 Society, 1060 East Elm St., Tucson, AZ 95719 (602-622-6351).

					Evelyn C. Leeper
					...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl
					(or ihnp4!mtgzy!ecl)

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