[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1088 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1088


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 21, 2019

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to make 
modifications to the First Division Monument located on Federal Land in 
 President's Park in the District of Columbia, 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 ``First Infantry Recognition of 
Sacrifice in Theater Act'' or the ``FIRST Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO FIRST DIVISION MONUMENT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Society of the First Infantry Division (an 
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
code), may make modifications (including construction of additional 
plaques and stone plinths on which to put the plaques) to the First 
Division Monument located on Federal land in President's Park in the 
District of Columbia that was set aside for memorial purposes of the 
First Infantry Division, in order to honor the members of the First 
Infantry Division who paid the ultimate sacrifice during United States 
operations, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom. The First Infantry 
Division at the Department of the Army shall collaborate with the 
Department of Defense to provide to the Society of the First Infantry 
Division the list of names to be added.
    (b) Non-Application of Commemorative Works Act.--Subsection (b) of 
section 8903 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 
``Commemorative Works Act''), shall not apply to actions taken under 
subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Funding.--Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense of 
the activities of the Society of the First Infantry Division which are 
authorized by this section.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.