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<dc:title>119 HR 4045 IH: Vietnam Veteran Commemoration Fund Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-17</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4045</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250617">June 17, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="N000191">Mr. Neguse</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="W000795">Mr. Wilson of South Carolina</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="C001133">Mr. Ciscomani</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To modify and extend the authority of the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HCAC2469F2AEB4B0085E2D86E7FB28417" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HD3746F78C6644AA98069FB7D42DEEAD6" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Vietnam Veteran Commemoration Fund Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H5AF7E7A66CBA498D8C5DA979496C5921"><enum>2.</enum><header>Extension and modification of program to commemorate 50th anniversary of Vietnam War</header> 
<subsection id="H0FF20A9DA97B4BFE8186E2A2EB059011"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 598 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/113">10 U.S.C. 113</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1B28FE9B7C8C465EBF6EE56D475AE6AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>may conduct</quote> and inserting <quote>shall conduct</quote>;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HA15666004AC0423FADAF76D2D21A954E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A13600973DD46FBB05BE68B8A7A264B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>If the Secretary establishes</quote> and inserting <quote>For purposes of carrying out</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD86018AFAA9649F5865352A90E01A42A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4EF9955AEB4C488EA7D4F823F0056058"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>if established by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H2EF2B07CE3294AA8AF2707540AB32E8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of Defense</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H7DE6DBEA84234FADA710780E38DC9563"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on November 11, 2025.</text></subsection></section> 
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