August 6, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 140 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
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REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO AUTHORIZE A UNIQUE AND 1- TIME ARRANGEMENT FOR CERTAIN DISPLAYS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 140
(Senate - August 06, 2020)
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[Pages S5354-S5355] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO AUTHORIZE A UNIQUE AND 1- TIME ARRANGEMENT FOR CERTAIN DISPLAYS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S.J. Res. 74. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 74) requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a unique and 1-time arrangement for certain displays on Mount Rushmore National Memorial relating to the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States during the period beginning August 18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020. There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the joint resolution. Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Thune amendment to the resolution at the desk be agreed to; that the joint resolution, as amended, be read a third time and passed; that the preamble be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2637), as amended, was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: To ensure that the event entitled ``LOOK UP TO HER at Mount Rushmore'' adheres to certain public health precautions) On page 3, strike lines 17 and 18, and insert the following: 2020; (2) encourages the Secretary of the Interior, in planning the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or a designee of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding precautions for events and large gatherings to limit the spread of COVID-19, including-- (A) clearly communicating the precautions in place to the public through signage; (B) facilitating social distancing; and (C) promoting safe hygiene practices for staff and visitors; (3) requires the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to adhere to, to the maximum extent practicable, any precautions recommended in the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled ``Considerations for Events and Gatherings'' during that event; and (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 74), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, as amended, and the preamble reads, as follows S.J. Res. 74 Whereas, on May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives adopted House Joint Resolution 1, 66th Congress, proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women; Whereas, on June 4, 1919, the Senate adopted House Joint Resolution 1, 66th Congress, sending to the States for ratification the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Whereas, on August 18, 1920, the 36th State approved the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, satisfying the constitutional threshold of passage in \3/4\ of the States; Whereas, on August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Whereas section 431(a)(3) of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 131 Stat. 502), enacted into law S. 847, 115th Congress (as introduced on April 5, 2017), which established the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission ``to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for women's suffrage''; Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by \3/4\ of the States; Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment becoming a part of the Constitution of the United States; and Whereas the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for women's suffrage should be honored and celebrated: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress-- (1) requests the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a unique and 1-time arrangement to commemorate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States entitled ``LOOK UP TO HER at Mount Rushmore'' with a display of historical artifacts, digital content, film footage, and associated historical audio and imagery in and around the vicinity of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, including projected onto the surface of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to the left and right of the sculpture for 14 nights of public display during the period beginning on August 18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020; (2) encourages the Secretary of the Interior, in planning the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease [[Page S5355]] Control and Prevention or a designee of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding precautions for events and large gatherings to limit the spread of COVID-19, including-- (A) clearly communicating the precautions in place to the public through signage; (B) facilitating social distancing; and (C) promoting safe hygiene practices for staff and visitors; (3) requires the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the event requested to be authorized under paragraph (1), to adhere to, to the maximum extent practicable, any precautions recommended in the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled ``Considerations for Events and Gatherings'' during that event; and (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to-- (A) the Secretary of the Interior; and (B) the Lincoln Borglum Museum at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. ____________________
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