H.R. 3036: 9/11 Memorial Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-13 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 64 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3036 (2016-02-09), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

9/11 Memorial Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act (Sec. 3) This bill designates the National September 11 Memorial located at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, as a national memorial. This memorial shall not be a unit of the National Park System. (Sec. 4) The Department of the Interior may award a single grant per year through a competitive process to a tax-exempt, charitable nonprofit organization (eligible entity) for the operation and maintenance of any memorial located within the United States established to commemorate the events of and honor: the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001; and the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. In awarding such grants, Interior shall give greatest weight in the selection of eligible entities using the following criteria: experience in managing a public memorial that will benefit the largest number of visitors each calendar year; experience in managing a memorial of significant size (four acres or more); successful coordination and cooperation with federal, state, and local governments in the operation and management of the memorial; the ability and commitment to use grant funds to enhance security at the memorial; and the ability to use grant funds to increase the numbers of economically disadvantaged visitors to the memorial and surrounding areas. The authority to award grants under this Act shall expire seven years after enactment of this Act.

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9/11 Memorial Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] · 84 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3036, 9/11 Memorial Act (2016-02-05)

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Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 24 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 64 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3036 (2016-02-09): Passed

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3036.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3036 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114