This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis G. Newlands from the memorial fountain at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia. It requires the Secretary to remove a brass plaque that says "Senator Francis G. Newlands," remove a stone tablet-like projection on the south end that says "Francis Griffith Newlands" and a related inscription, and remove or permanently conceal the carved name "Newlands" on the fountain's coping stones. The bill says the removed items must be offered to Newlands's descendants for 60 days. If the descendants do not claim the items within 60 days, the National Park Service must maintain them as Federal property and accession them into the Rock Creek Park museum collection. The bill defines the memorial fountain as the fountain at Chevy Chase Circle, Connecticut Avenue and Western Avenue NW.
If this bill becomes law, the names and inscriptions honoring Francis G. Newlands would be removed or hidden from the Chevy Chase Circle memorial fountain. Removed items would be returned to descendants if claimed within 60 days; otherwise the National Park Service would keep them in the Rock Creek Park museum collection. The bill text does not specify other changes to the site or related uses.
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