The National World II Memorial needs millions of dollars of repair work. Here’s one plan to fix...

A decade and a half after it was unveiled, the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., has begun to deteriorate, and in response, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed legislation to help raise millions of dollars in needed repair funds.

The Greatest Generation Memorial Act, introduced by U.S. senators Maro Rubio, R-Fla., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., last week, would allow the U.S. Treasury Department to mint coins in commemoration of the memorial. If enacted, the bill will authorize proceeds from coin sales to go toward repairs and maintenance at the memorial and support commemorative and educational programming.