[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6291 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6291

  To acknowledge donor contributions at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
                Visitor Center, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2012

Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Duncan 
 of Tennessee, Ms. Chu, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Peterson, Mr. 
 Cleaver, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
    Filner, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To acknowledge donor contributions at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
                Visitor Center, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS 
              MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Vietnam Veterans 
Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2012''.
    (b) Donor Contribution Acknowledgments.--Section 6(b) of Public Law 
96-297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4) by striking the ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                    ``(A) acknowledge a donor contribution, in the form 
                of a permanent statement or credit line expressing 
                appreciation for such contribution, inside the visitor 
                center, if--
                            ``(i) the donor or the Vietnam Veterans 
                        Memorial Fund, Inc. provides the Secretary 
                        with--
                                    ``(I) such statement or credit 
                                line; or
                                    ``(II) a plan describing such 
                                statement or credit line and, if the 
                                Secretary accepts the plan for the 
                                statement or credit line under clause 
                                (ii), funding to create such statement 
                                or credit line; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary, in consultation with 
                        the National Capital Planning Commission and 
                        Commission of Fine Arts, determines such 
                        statement or credit line--
                                    ``(I) to be short, discrete, and 
                                unobtrusive; and
                                    ``(II) does not contain an 
                                advertising slogan or company logo; and
                    ``(B) in the case that the Secretary determines 
                that a statement or credit line provided under 
                subparagraph (A)(i) does not meet the requirements 
                under subparagraph (A)(ii)--
                            ``(i) advise the donor or the Vietnam 
                        Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. within 15 days of 
                        receipt of such statement or credit line under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i) of the reasons that such 
                        statement or credit line does not meet the 
                        requirements under subparagraph (A)(ii); and
                            ``(ii) allow the donor or the Vietnam 
                        Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to submit a 
                        corrected statement or credit line.''.
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