American battle monuments commission : hearings ... Seventy-ninth Congress, first session on H.R. 6393, a bill to amend the act entitled "An act for the creation of an American battle monuments commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe, and for other purposes", appropved March 4, 1923, as amended, in order to extend the commission's authority to all areas in which our armed forces have operated during World War II, and for other purposes. May 15, 1946.