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Introduced July 22, 2025 by Christopher Van Hollen · Last progress July 22, 2025
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to remove Francis Griffith Newlands’s name and related name-bearing items from the memorial fountain at Chevy Chase Circle in Washington, D.C. The removed plaque, tablet-like stone, and carved name must be offered to Newlands’s descendants for 60 days; if not claimed, the items become Federal property maintained by the National Park Service and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum collection.