[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4300 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4300
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen
An Act
To authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display
to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the
Pacific Theater of World War II, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Admiral Lloyd R. `Joe' Vasey Pacific
War Commemorative Display Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Association.--The term ``Association'' means Pacific
Historic Parks, a corporation that is--
(A) a cooperating association with the National Park
Service;
(B) organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii; and
(C) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of
that Code.
(2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the
National Park Service.
(3) Commemorative display.--The term ``commemorative display''
means the Pacific Theater of World War II Commemorative Display
authorized to be established under section 4(a).
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) honor the brave members of the United States Armed Forces
who fought on behalf of the United States of America in the Pacific
Theater during World War II;
(2) provide a place to mourn the more than 150,000 American and
allied lives lost in the Pacific Theater during World War II; and
(3) educate the public about United States battles in the
Pacific Theater and its role in World War II.
SEC. 4. PACIFIC THEATER COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.
(a) Authorization To Establish Commemorative Display.--The
Association may establish and maintain a commemorative display to honor
the members of the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served in
the Pacific Theater during World War II.
(b) Use of Federal Funds Prohibited.--Federal funds may not be used
to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the commemorative
display, but the Director may accept and expend contributions of non-
Federal funds and resources for such purposes.
(c) Location of Commemorative Display.--
(1) In general.--The Director may allow the commemorative
display to be established at a suitable location at the Pearl
Harbor site of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National
Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(2) Condition.--The commemorative display may not be
established at any location under the jurisdiction of the Director
until the Director determines that an assured source of non-Federal
funding has been established for the design, procurement,
installation, and maintenance of the commemorative display.
(d) Design of the Commemorative Display.--The final design of the
commemorative display shall be subject to the approval of the Director.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.