Volume 69
Public Law 84–109
Authorizing the erection of a memorial gift from the Government of Venezuela.
Approved June 29, 1955
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the erection of a memorial gift from the Government of Venezuela.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Government of the United States, a statue of the liberator, Simon Bolivar, to be erected mi public grounds under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, as a gift to the Government of the United States from the Government of Venezuela as a token of friendship.
Sec. 2.
The design and site of such statue shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts, and the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of this statue.
Sec. 3.
The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution shall lapse unless the erection of such statue is commenced within five years after the date of the passage of this joint resolution.
All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies.
Approved June 29, 1955.