[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5391 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5391

To direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a chair on the grounds 
of the United States Capitol honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing 
                               in Action.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2014

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a chair on the grounds 
of the United States Capitol honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing 
                               in Action.

    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 ``National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In recent years, commemorative chairs honoring American 
        Prisoners of War/Missing in Action have been placed in 
        prominent locations across the United States.
            (2) The grounds of the United States Capitol are an 
        appropriate location to place a commemorative chair honoring 
        American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.

SEC. 3. PLACEMENT OF A CHAIR ON GROUNDS OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL 
              HONORING AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION.

    (a) Obtaining Chair.--The Architect of the Capitol shall enter into 
an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National 
League of POW/MIA Families under such terms and conditions as the 
Architect considers appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
    (b) Placement.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Architect shall place the chair obtained under 
subsection (a) on the grounds of the United States Capitol in a 
suitable permanent location.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    (a) Donations.--The Architect of the Capitol may--
            (1) enter into an agreement with any organization described 
        in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
        is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code to 
        solicit private donations to carry out the purposes of this 
        Act; and
            (2) accept donations of funds, property, and services to 
        carry out the purposes of this Act.
    (b) Costs.--All costs incurred in carrying out the purposes of this 
Act shall be paid for with private donations received under subsection 
(a).
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