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[H.R. 995 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 363
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 995

                          [Report No. 110-165]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2007

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           September 17, 2007

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
      To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for 
establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to 
honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of 
                           the United States.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ESTABLISHING DISABLED VETERANS 
              MEMORIAL.

    Public Law 106-348 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``The establishment'' and inserting 
                ``Except as provided in subsection (e), the 
                establishment''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Commemorative Works Act (40 
                U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)'' and inserting ``chapter 89 of 
                title 40, United States Code'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 8(b) of the Commemorative 
                Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))'' and inserting ``section 
                8906 of title 40, United States Code'';
                    (B) by striking ``or upon expiration of the 
                authority for the memorial under section 10(b) of such 
                Act (40 U.S.C. 1010(b)),''; and
                    (C) by striking ``section 8(b)(1) of such Act (40 
                U.S.C. 1008(b)(1)'' and inserting ``8906(b)(2) or (3) 
                of such title''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Termination of Authority.--Notwithstanding section 8903(e) of 
title 40, United States Code, the authority to establish a memorial 
under this section shall expire on October 24, 2015.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 363

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 995

                          [Report No. 110-165]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

      To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for 
establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to 
honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of 
                           the United States.

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                           September 17, 2007

                       Reported without amendment