§309101 Sites and Structures That Commemorate Former Presidents

Summary

The Secretary may look for places that would be good to honor former Presidents. The search can include sites tied to a President’s life or work and other buildings or places that are not originally linked to that President but could serve as a memorial. The Secretary must send periodic reports about each candidate site to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Each report must say whether the site should become a national historic site or memorial and must include needs and cost estimates for buying land, building facilities, and running the site. If, within 6 months after a report is sent, neither committee votes by a majority to reject the Secretary’s recommendation, the Secretary may order the site established as a national historic site, including the lands named in the report. The Secretary may get land by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated money, transfer from another federal agency, or exchange. Nothing here reduces the Secretary’s other powers under chapter 3201 or lets the Secretary create any national memorial that only Congress may create.