Legislation to build a monument to commemorate the first Gulf War was reintroduced in Congress. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) introduced the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act (H.R. 503) on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The bill calls for building a monument in Washington, DC to honor those who participated in the war against Iraq and the events leading up to it in 1990 and 1991.
No federal funds could be used to construct the monument. The National Desert Storm memorial Foundation would have to raise all the money.
The bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Twelve representatives cosponsored the bill, including Rep. Frank Wolf, (R-VA), the only one from the capital area.
Roe introduced the measure last year. While 27 members cosponsored it, the committee didn't act.
Read Roe's statement about the bill at http://roe.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=318754. In it, he stated “the sacrifice of those who served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm will be remembered through the building of this memorial.”