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By 1986, there were 110 national monuments, memorials, and statues in Washington, D.C., and its immediate environs. The pressure to build more memorials on the National Mall was extremely heavy, with roughly 15 new proposals being introduced in each session of Congress. Approximately 25 additional memorials had been seriously proposed but lacked a congressional sponsor to introduced authorizing legislation in Congress. The sheer number of memorials being proposed was not the only problem. The memorials were increasingly large, and often included extensive exhibits that threatened to turn memorials into miniature museums.<ref name="Shannon">{{cite news|last=Shannon|first=Don|title=Proliferating Memorials Create a Space Problem|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 26, 1988}}</ref> | By 1986, there were 110 national monuments, memorials, and statues in Washington, D.C., and its immediate environs. The pressure to build more memorials on the National Mall was extremely heavy, with roughly 15 new proposals being introduced in each session of Congress. Approximately 25 additional memorials had been seriously proposed but lacked a congressional sponsor to introduced authorizing legislation in Congress. The sheer number of memorials being proposed was not the only problem. The memorials were increasingly large, and often included extensive exhibits that threatened to turn memorials into miniature museums.<ref name="Shannon">{{cite news|last=Shannon|first=Don|title=Proliferating Memorials Create a Space Problem|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 26, 1988}}</ref> | ||
On March 11, 1986, Representative [[Mo Udall]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Arizona]]) introduced H.R. 4378, the Commemorative Works Act of 1986, in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The bill was favorably reported by the [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs]] on April 23, and passed the House by voice vote on May 5. A companion bill, S. 2522, was introduced in the [[United States Senate]] by Senator [[Malcolm Wallop]] ( | On March 11, 1986, Representative [[Mo Udall]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Arizona]]) introduced H.R. 4378, the Commemorative Works Act of 1986, in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The bill was favorably reported by the [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs]] on April 23, and passed the House by voice vote on May 5. A companion bill, S. 2522, was introduced in the [[United States Senate]] by Senator [[Malcolm Wallop]] (R-[[Wyoming]]) on June 5. The bill was assigned to the [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]], which favorably reported the bill with amendments on August 15. The bill passed the Senate, with additional amendments, by voice vote on September 10. The House made additional amendments of its own, and concurred with the Senate bill by voice vote on September 29. The Senate concurred with the House-amended bill by voice vote on October 16. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signed the bill into law on November 14, 1986. | ||
The Commemorative Works Act established "significant procedural roadblocks" to the creation of new memorials.<ref name="ForgeyManyMore">{{cite news|last=Forgey|first=Benjamin|title=How Many More Memorials?|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 17, 1989}}</ref> | The Commemorative Works Act established "significant procedural roadblocks" to the creation of new memorials.<ref name="ForgeyManyMore">{{cite news|last=Forgey|first=Benjamin|title=How Many More Memorials?|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 17, 1989}}</ref> | ||