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On the recordJune 5, 2014
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1044) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1044 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF PLAQUE OR INSCRIPTION AT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. The Secretary of the Interior-- (1) shall install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day; (2) shall design, procure, prepare, and install the plaque or inscription referred to in paragraph (1); and (3) may not use Federal funds to prepare or install the plaque or inscription referred to in paragraph (1), but may accept and expend private contributions for this purpose. SEC. 3. COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT. Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Commemorative Works Act''), shall apply to the design and placement of the plaque within the area of the World War II Memorial. D-day
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