[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3548 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3548

To clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial 
                       Establishment Act of 1994.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2012

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial 
                       Establishment Act of 1994.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Veterans' Memorial 
Amendments Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS' MEMORIAL.

    (a) Authority To Establish Memorial.--Section 3 of the Native 
American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 80q-5 
note; 108 Stat. 4067) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``within the interior 
        structure of the facility'' and inserting ``on the property''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``, in consultation 
        with the Museum, is'' and inserting ``and the National Museum 
        of the American Indian are''.
    (b) Payment of Expenses.--Section 4(a) of the Native American 
Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 80q-5 note; 108 
Stat. 4067) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and National Museum of 
        the American Indian '' after ``American Indians ''; and
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``shall be solely'' 
        and inserting ``and the National Museum of the American Indian 
        shall be''.
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