Volume 80
Public Law 89–786
To authorize the erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia to. General John J. Pershing.
Approved November 7, 1966
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia to. General John J. Pershing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the American
Gen. John J. Pershing.
Memorial.
Battle Monuments Commission is authorized to provide for the erection of a memorial to the late John J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States, and to the officers and men under his command, such memorial to be erected—
in accordance with a design to be submitted by the American Battle Monuments Commission and approved by the President’s Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue or its successor in interest; and
on that parcel of federally owned land in the northwest section of the District of Columbia, bounded on the north by Pennsylvania Avenue, on the south by E Street, on the west by Fifteenth Street, and on the east by Fourteenth Street.
Sec. 2.
The maintenance and care or the memorial herein authorized to be erected shall, upon completion, be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 3.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts
Appropriation.
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Approved November 7, 1966.