Official Summaries

The Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act

This bill extends through 2032 the Adams Memorial Commission, whose purpose is to establish a permanent memorial in Washington, DC, to honor John Adams and his legacy.

The bill specifies that the Adams Memorial shall be located within the area specified by the Adams Memorial Commission in a February 25, 2025 map (i.e., south of the White House, adjacent to Ellipse Road and near Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street, Northwest).

If the Commission determines that this location is not suitable or feasible due to physical or security constraints, the bill requires that the memorial be located in the Reserve, an area which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2306

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
 To reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY; LOCATION OF MEMORIAL.

    (a) Adams Memorial Commission.--
            (1) Extension.--Section 2406(l) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
        Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9) 
        is amended by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2032''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect as if enacted on December 1, 2025.
    (b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--Section 
1(c) of Public Law 107-62 (115 Stat. 411; 124 Stat. 1192; 127 Stat. 
3880; 133 Stat. 750) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The establishment'' and inserting 
        ``Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 40, United States 
        Code, the establishment''; and
            (2) by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2032''.
    (c) Location of Commemorative Work.--Section 1 of Public Law 107-
315 (116 Stat. 2763) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1. APPROVAL OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK.

    ``(a) Site.--Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, and subject to subsection (b), the Adams Memorial shall be 
located within the area generally depicted as `Adams Memorial: Eligible 
Additional Area' on the map titled `Adams Memorial: Eligible Additional 
Area' prepared by the Adams Memorial Commission and dated February 25, 
2025.
    ``(b) Additional Locations.--If the Commission determines that the 
location described in subsection (a) is not suitable or feasible due to 
physical or security constraints, the commemorative work shall be 
located within the Reserve.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Adams memorial.--The term `Adams Memorial' means the 
        commemorative work authorized to be established under section 
        1(b) of Public Law 107-62 (115 Stat. 411).
            ``(2) Commission.--The term `Commission' means the Adams 
        Memorial Commission established under section 2406(a) of the 
        John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation 
        Act (Public Law 116-9).
            ``(3) Reserve.--The term `Reserve' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 8902(a)(3) of title 40, United States 
        Code.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 2 and section 3 of Public Law 107-315 (116 Stat. 2763) are 
hereby repealed.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2306

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, and for other purposes.