[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2395 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2395

 To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at 
 projects authorized under the Commemorative Works Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2013

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at 
 projects authorized under the Commemorative Works Act, 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 CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 8905(b) of title 40, United States Code is amended by 
striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) Donor contributions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in 
                this paragraph, the Secretary or Administrator, as 
                applicable, may permit a sponsor described in 
                subsection (a) to acknowledge donor contributions at 
                the commemorative work.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--Acknowledgments shall--
                            ``(i) be displayed inside a visitor center 
                        or other ancillary structure associated with 
                        the commemorative work; and
                            ``(ii) conform to applicable National Park 
                        Service or General Services Administration 
                        guidelines for donor recognition, as 
                        applicable.
                    ``(C) Limitations.--Acknowledgments shall--
                            ``(i) be limited to an appropriate 
                        statement or credit recognizing the 
                        contribution;
                            ``(ii) be displayed in a form approved by 
                        the Secretary or Administrator;
                            ``(iii) be displayed for a period of time 
                        determined by the Secretary or Administrator to 
                        be appropriate, commensurate with the level of 
                        the contribution;
                            ``(iv) be limited to short, discrete, and 
                        unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; and
                            ``(v) not include any advertising slogans 
                        or company logos.
                    ``(D) Submittal of plan.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Prior to the display of 
                        donor acknowledgments, the sponsor shall submit 
                        to the Secretary or Administrator, as 
                        applicable, for approval a plan for displaying 
                        the donor acknowledgments, including--
                                    ``(I) the sample text and types of 
                                acknowledgments to be displayed; and
                                    ``(II) the form and location of all 
                                displays.
                            ``(ii) Notification and resubmittal.--If 
                        the Secretary or Administrator does not approve 
                        the plan submitted under clause (i), the 
                        Secretary or Administrator shall--
                                    ``(I) not later than 60 days after 
                                the date on which the plan is received, 
                                notify the sponsor of the reasons the 
                                plan is not approved; and
                                    ``(II) allow the sponsor to 
                                resubmit a revised donor acknowledgment 
                                plan.
                    ``(E) Cost.--The sponsor shall bear all expenses 
                related to the display of donor acknowledgments.
                    ``(F) Applicability.--This paragraph shall apply to 
                any commemorative work dedicated after January 1, 
                2010.''.
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