December 17, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7249 revise and extend their remarks and in- understand American culture and by have as many ways of expressing it as clude extraneous material on the meas- bringing their experience back home to we possibly can. ure under consideration. America. Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there It is fitting that this bill to extend have no further speakers, and I yield objection to the request of the gen- the Commemorative Works Act author- back the balance of my time. tleman from Arizona? ization for a Peace Corps Memorial is Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, it is There was no objection. sponsored by President John F. Ken- an honor and a privilege to be able to Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I nedy’s grandnephew, Representative yield time to someone who I grew up in yield myself such time as I may con- JOE KENNEDY III. his district as his constituent. It is a sume. I am grateful to the thousands of great honor to be here and to hear Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- Americans who have served our Nation more about, obviously, Sears, Roebuck port of H.R. 7460, the Peace Corps Com- honorably in the Peace Corps. and Company and an area that I grew memorative Work Extension Act, in- Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of up in and know very well. troduced by Representative JOE KEN- the measure, and I reserve the balance Madam Speaker, I urge my col- NEDY. of my time. leagues to support this legislation, and Representative KENNEDY served as a Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I I yield back the balance of my time. Peace Corps volunteer in the Domini- yield such time as he may consume to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The can Republic from 2004 to 2006. Unfor- the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. question is on the motion offered by tunately, he is not able to be here for DANNY K. DAVIS). the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. today’s vote, but I know how much this Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. GALLEGO) that the House suspend the means to him and the entire Returned Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 7460. Peace Corps Volunteers community. port of the Julius Rosenwald and the The question was taken; and (two- In 2014, the bipartisan Peace Corps Rosenwald Schools Act, and I thank thirds being in the affirmative) the Commemorative Act was signed into leadership for putting it on the suspen- rules were suspended and the bill was law to establish a commemorative sion calendar. passed. work to celebrate the Peace Corps and This bill starts the process to estab- A motion to reconsider was laid on its founding ideals. That legislation au- lish a Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald the table. thorized the Peace Corps Commemora- Schools national historical park to f tive Foundation to establish the me- focus on the incredible impact of Ju- morial in Washington, D.C., but the au- lius Rosenwald, a successful entre- JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL HIS- thorization for the project is set to ex- preneur and renowned philanthropist TORICAL PARK REDESIGNATION pire in January 2021. who made a lasting contribution to the ACT The Peace Corps’ roots and mission advancement of African-American edu- Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I date back to the 1960s. Since then, cation during the 20th century. move to suspend the rules and pass the more than 240,000 Peace Corps volun- Mr. Rosenwald was the president of bill (H.R. 5472) to redesignate the teers have served in 142 host countries Sears, Roebuck and Company during Jimmy Carter National Historic Site to train local communities across the its heyday. He used his fortune to en- as the ‘‘Jimmy Carter National Histor- world in technologies and skills such as hance the lives of others, establishing ical Park’’. agricultural protection, environmental museums, community centers, and The Clerk read the title of the bill. protection, and basic education. housing, as well as helping Jews in Eu- The text of the bill is as follows: Since its establishment, the Peace rope and new immigrants coming to H.R. 5472 Corps has helped promote world peace the United States. One-third of all Af- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and friendship by improving the lives rican-American children in the South resentatives of the United States of America in of countless individuals across the during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s were Congress assembled, world. educated in Rosenwald schools. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Madam Speaker, I would like to Although I did not attend a Rosen- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jimmy Car- thank Representative KENNEDY for his wald school, I grew up in rural Amer- ter National Historical Park Redesignation efforts to honor these incredible volun- ica, rural Arkansas, and actually at- Act’’. teers. tended a one-room school where one SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JIMMY CARTER NA- TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. The planned memorial will be a last- teacher, Ms. Beadie King, taught eight (a) IN GENERAL.—The Jimmy Carter Na- ing tribute to the legacy of the Peace grades plus what we call the little tional Historic Site shall be known and des- Corps and its mission. This bill simply primer and the big primer all by her- ignated as the ‘‘Jimmy Carter National His- provides the foundation with more self. torical Park’’. time to raise money and pick an appro- In many of the rural towns where Af- (b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 100–206.— priate design. rican Americans lived during that Public Law 100–206 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 101 Madam Speaker, I urge my col- time, there were no schools. If there Stat. 1434) is amended— leagues to support this bill, and I re- were, they only went to the sixth grade (1) in section 1(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘National Historic serve the balance of my time. and sometimes to the eighth grade. So Site’’ and inserting ‘‘National Historical Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I the impact of these 5,300 schools that Park’’; yield myself such time as I may con- Julius Rosenwald helped to build—he (2) in section 3— sume. was a friend of Booker Washington, and (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘provi- Madam Speaker, H.R. 7460, the Peace Booker Washington helped him under- sions of law generally applicable to national Corps Commemorative Work Extension stand that it was great for people to historic sites’’ and inserting ‘‘provisions of Act, extends through January 24, 2028, get to Tuskegee, but there were thou- law generally applicable to units of the Na- the authority of the Peace Corps Com- sands of African Americans in these tional Park System’’; and memorative Foundation to establish a (B) in subsection (d), in the second sen- rural areas who never had a first grade, tence, by striking ‘‘National Historic Site’’ commemorative work on Federal land second grade, third grade to get to. and inserting ‘‘National Historical Park’’; in the District of Columbia or its envi- Madam Speaker, I am delighted that (3) in section 6(2), by striking ‘‘National rons to honor and commemorate the leadership put this bill on the calendar Historic Site’’ and inserting ‘‘National His- mission and ideals of the Peace Corps. today. I thank the gentleman for yield- torical Park’’; Since President John F. Kennedy es- ing. And as you can tell, I am very pas- (4) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it tablished the Peace Corps in 1961, over sionate about this bill. appears and inserting ‘‘historical park’’; 235,000 Americans have served as grass- I also live in the area where the (5) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it roots volunteers in villages and towns international headquarters for Sears, appears and inserting ‘‘historical park’’; and (6) by striking ‘‘Historic Site’’ each place in 141 countries worldwide. Peace Corps Roebuck and Company existed at that it appears and inserting ‘‘Historical Park’’. volunteers seek to promote world peace time. So the name ‘‘Julius Rosenwald’’ (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any and friendship by improving the lives is an entity that our country should law, regulation, document, record, map, or of those they serve by helping others never, ever forget, and we ought to other paper of the United States to the VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:40 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17DE7.035 H17DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H7250 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 17, 2020 Jimmy Carter National Historic Site shall be or policies that govern the area, and I Madam Speaker, I urge my col- considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Jimmy urge adoption of this measure. leagues to support this measure. Carter National Historical Park’’. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ance of my time. have no other speakers, and I yield ant to the rule, the gentleman from Ar- Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I back the balance of my time. izona (Mr. GALLEGO) and the gentleman yield such time as he may consume to Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I from Virginia (Mr. WITTMAN) each will the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. urge my colleagues to support the leg- control 20 minutes. BISHOP). islation, and I yield back the balance of The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam my time. from Arizona. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R.