Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act

The Secretary of the Interior shall—

(1) remove the brass plaque bearing the name Senator Francis G. Newlands from the grounds of the memorial fountain;

(2) remove from the south end of the memorial fountain’s face, the stone, tablet-like projection bearing the name of Francis Griffith Newlands and a related inscription;

(3) remove or permanently conceal the name Newlands carved into the upper face of the memorial fountain’s coping stones; and

(4) offer the items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) to the descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands for a period of 60 days, and if not claimed within that period, direct the items removed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) to be maintained by the National Park Service as Federal property and accessioned into the Rock Creek Park museum collection.

For the purposes of this section, the term memorial fountain means the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle, Connecticut Avenue and Western Avenue NW, in the District of Columbia.