To designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to express the sen... in plain language
1: Authorization of Pride flag for display at units of the National Park System; Sense of Congress on display of Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument
This section would state Congress's findings that the Stonewall National Monument in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City commemorates the June 1969 uprising that occurred at the Stonewall Inn in response to a targeted police attack and long-standing discrimination against the LGBTQ community, that this uprising was a critical moment in the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States, that on June 24, 2016 the Stonewall National Monument was established as the first national monument in the National Park System dedicated to protecting LGBTQ individuals and the ongoing fight for freedom in the United States, and that the monument serves as a daily reminder, to the LGBTQ community and to all residents and visitors of New York City alike, of the 1969 uprising. It would state that the purposes of the Act are to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to condemn the removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, and to express the sense of Congress that the Pride flag should be restored there. It would designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System. It would also state the sense of Congress, a nonbinding position rather than a legal requirement, that a Pride flag should be on display within the boundary of the Stonewall National Monument, which was established in the State of New York by Presidential Proclamation 9465, issued on June 24, 2016.
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1. Authorization of Pride flag for display at units of the National Park System; Sense of Congress on display of Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument (a) Findings; Purposes (1) Findings Congress finds that— (A) the Stonewall National Monument in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, New York, commemorates the June 1969 uprising that occurred at the Stonewall Inn in response to a targeted police attack and longstanding discrimination against the LGBTQ community; (B) the uprising described in subparagraph (A) was a critical moment in the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States; (C) on June 24, 2016, the Stonewall National Monument was established as the first national monument in the National Park System to be dedicated to the protection of LGBTQ individuals and the ongoing fight for freedom in the United States; and (D) the Stonewall National Monument serves as a daily reminder not only to the LGBTQ community but to all residents and visitors of New York City of the Stonewall Inn uprising in June 1969. (2) Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (A) to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System; (B) to condemn the removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument; and (C) to express the sense of Congress that the Pride flag should be restored at Stonewall National Monument. (b) Designation The Pride flag is designated as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System. (c) Sense of Congress on the display of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument It is the sense of Congress that a Pride flag should be on display within the boundary of the Stonewall National Monument established in the State of New York by Presidential Proclamation 9465, as issued on June 24, 2016 ( 54 U.S.C. 320301 note).