[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5039 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5039

  To designate the National Airmail Museum at Smith Air Field in Fort 
                            Wayne, Indiana.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2018

   Mr. Banks of Indiana (for himself and Mr. Rokita) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate the National Airmail Museum at Smith Air Field in Fort 
                            Wayne, Indiana.

    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 Airmail Museum Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1930, commercial airmail carriers began operations 
        at Smith Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana;
            (2) the United States lacks a national museum dedicated to 
        airmail; and
            (3) the airmail hangar at Smith Field in Fort Wayne, 
        Indiana--
                    (A) will educate the public on the role of airmail 
                in aviation history; and
                    (B) honor the role of the hangar in the history of 
                the Nation's airmail service.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--The airmail museum located at the Smith Field in 
Fort Wayne, Indiana, is designated as the ``National Airmail Museum''.
    (b) Effect of Designation.--The national museum designated by this 
section is not a unit of the National Park System and the designation 
of the National Airmail Museum shall not require or permit Federal 
funds to be expended for any purpose related to that national memorial.
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