[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 3293 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3293

   To amend the law that authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to 
authorize the placement within the site of the memorial of a plaque to 
   honor those Vietnam veterans who died after their service in the 
          Vietnam war, but as a direct result of that service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1999

 Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Evans, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
 Filner, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Stearns, Ms. Carson, Mr. Hansen, 
 Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
Snyder, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
    Hayworth, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of 
Kentucky, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Spratt, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
     McHugh, Mr. Baird, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. 
   LaTourette, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Markey, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
Moore, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Goode, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Burton of 
   Indiana, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moran of 
 Virginia, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wise, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Castle, 
  Mr. Leach, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
Scott, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
 Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
  Tauzin, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Horn, Mr. Owens, Mr. Foley, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
   McCollum, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Hastings of 
 Washington, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Gutknecht, Ms. 
 Berkley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
 DeFazio, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Kind, Mr. George Miller of 
California, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Tancredo, 
 Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Ballenger, 
  Mrs. Morella, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Herger) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the law that authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to 
authorize the placement within the site of the memorial of a plaque to 
   honor those Vietnam veterans who died after their service in the 
          Vietnam war, but as a direct result of that service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITION OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL.

    Public Law 96-297 (94 Stat. 827; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), which 
authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 5. PLAQUE TO HONOR OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS WHO DIED AS A RESULT 
              OF SERVICE IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

    ``(a) Plaque Authorized.--The American Battle Monuments Commission 
is authorized to place within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a suitable 
plaque containing an inscription intended to honor those Vietnam 
veterans who died after their service in the Vietnam war, but as a 
direct result of that service, and whose names are not otherwise 
eligible for placement on the memorial wall.
    ``(b) Specifications.--The plaque shall be three feet by three feet 
in size and shall bear an inscription prepared by the American Battle 
Monuments Commission.
    ``(c) Relation to Commemorative Works Act.--Except as provided in 
subsection (a), the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
shall apply to the design and placement of the plaque within the site 
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
    ``(d) Consultation.--In designing the plaque, preparing the 
inscription, and selecting the specific location for the plaque within 
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the American Battle Monuments Commission 
shall consult with the architects of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Fund, Inc.
    ``(e) Funds for Plaque.--Federal funds may not be used to design, 
procure, or install the plaque.
    ``(f) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Defined.--In this section, the term 
`Vietnam Veterans Memorial' means the structures and adjacent areas 
extending to and bounded by the south curb of Constitution Avenue on 
the north, the east curb of Henry Bacon Drive on the west, the north 
side of the north Reflecting Pool walkway on the south and a line drawn 
perpendicular to Constitution Avenue 200 feet from the east tip of the 
memorial wall on the east (this is also a line extended from the east 
side of the western concrete border of the steps to the west of the 
center steps to the Federal Reserve Building extending to the 
Reflecting pool walkway). This is the same definition used by the 
National Park Service as of the date of the enactment of this section, 
as contained in section 7.96(g)(1)(x) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations.''.
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