[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 165 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 165

   To authorize the placement at the former Navy Dive School at the 
 Washington Navy Yard of a memorial to honor the members of the Armed 
 Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the 
  United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2013

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the placement at the former Navy Dive School at the 
 Washington Navy Yard of a memorial to honor the members of the Armed 
 Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the 
  United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.

    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 ``Man in the Sea Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY DIVERS MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON NAVY 
              YARD.

    (a) Memorial Authorized.--Consistent with the sense of the Congress 
expressed in section 2855 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013, the Secretary of the Navy may permit a third party to 
establish and maintain, at a suitable location at the former Navy Dive 
School at the Washington Navy Yard in the District of Columbia, a 
memorial to honor the members of the United States Armed Forces who 
have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States 
has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.
    (b) Location and Design of Monument.--The actual location at the 
Washington Navy Yard for the memorial authorized by subsection (a) and 
the final design of the memorial shall be subject to the approval of 
the Secretary. In selecting the site to serve as the location for the 
memorial, the Secretary shall seek to maximize visitor access to the 
memorial.
    (c) Military Support.--The Secretary shall provide military 
ceremonial support at the dedication of the memorial authorized by 
subsection (a).
    (d) Use of Federal Funds Prohibited.--Federal funds may not be used 
to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the memorial 
authorized by subsection (a), but the Secretary may accept and expend 
contributions of non-Federal funds and resources for such purposes.
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