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Requires the National Medal of Honor commemorative monument to be located within the Reserve area of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The bill creates a prominent, accessible national monument to honor Medal of Honor recipients and preserves memorial review standards, while potentially increasing taxpayer costs and constraining space, landscape, and site-selection flexibility on the National Mall.
Veterans and military personnel will receive a national monument on the National Mall that formally honors Medal of Honor recipients and preserves their legacy for future generations.
Visitors and the general public will gain a new, prominently sited historic site on the National Mall that increases public access and educates people about valor and U.S. military history.
State and local governments and memorial advisory bodies will retain existing Commemorative Works Act review and design standards, preserving established oversight and quality controls for commemorative works.
Taxpayers may face increased federal costs for site preparation, added security, and long-term maintenance of a monument sited in the Reserve.
Taxpayers, visitors, and the National Mall's stakeholders could see reduced available space and alteration of the Mall's historic landscape if a Reserve-located monument occupies prominent Reserve land.
The Secretary of the Interior, the GSA Administrator, and the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission may have reduced site-selection flexibility and face coordination complications because the bill directs approval of a Reserve location.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires that the National Medal of Honor commemorative monument authorized by earlier law be placed within the Reserve of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., near the Lincoln Memorial. It records congressional findings supporting that location and otherwise leaves the Commemorative Works Act procedures in place, except for this specific location exception.
Official title: Authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients.
Introduced March 5, 2025 by James Conley Justice · Last progress March 27, 2026