[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 4300 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 332
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4300
[Report No. 115-450]
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 8, 2017
Ms. Hanabusa (for herself and Mr. Bishop of Utah) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
December 6, 2017
Additional sponsors: Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Radewagen, Ms.
Kaptur, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Evans,
Mr. Gallego, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Watson
Coleman, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Sires, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms.
Lofgren, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Bera, Mr. Ted Lieu of
California, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Crist, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas,
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Nolan,
Mr. Kildee, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Bass, Mr. Brown of
Maryland, Ms. Adams, Ms. Lee, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Moore, Ms. Frankel of
Florida, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr.
Ruppersberger, Mr. Shuster, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Soto, Ms.
Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Costa, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Payne, Mrs.
Lawrence, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Keating,
Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cook,
Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Coffman, Ms. Speier, Ms. Norton, Ms. Matsui, Mr.
Graves of Missouri, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Higgins
of New York, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Titus, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Lamborn, Mr.
Khanna, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. McSally, Mr.
Walberg, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Cole, Mr. Roe of
Tennessee, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. DeFazio and Mr. Al Green of
Texas
December 6, 2017
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
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.
Union Calendar No. 332
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4300
[Report No. 115-450]
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A BILL
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 6, 2017
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed