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                                                 Union Calendar No. 392
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1702

                          [Report No. 116-490]

 To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans 
demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2019

  Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Dunn, Mr. McClintock, and Ms. Gabbard) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                           September 8, 2020

Additional sponsors: Mr. Spano, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Gaetz, 
 Mr. Waltz, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Reschenthaler, and Mr. Cox of 
                               California

                           September 8, 2020

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               12, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans 
demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, 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 ``Free Veterans from Fees Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FEE FOR VETERANS 
              DEMONSTRATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

    (a) Waiver.--The application fee for any special use permit solely 
for a veterans' demonstration or special event at war memorials on land 
administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia 
and its environs shall be waived.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Demonstration; special event.--The terms 
        ``demonstration'' and ``special events'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 7.96 of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (2) District of columbia and its environs.--The term ``the 
        District of Columbia and its environs'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code.
            (3) Gold star family.--The term ``Gold Star Family'' 
        includes any individual described in section 3.2 of Department 
        of Defense Instruction 1348.36.
            (4) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code.
            (5) Veterans demonstration or special event.--The term 
        ``veterans' demonstration or special event'' means a 
        demonstration or special event whose primary purpose is to 
        commemorate or honor individuals present at the demonstration 
        or special event, either because of their service as veterans 
        or their status as a Gold Star Family.
            (6) War memorial.--The term ``war memorial'' means any 
        memorial or monument which has been erected or dedicated to 
        commemorate a military unit, military group, war, conflict, 
        victory, or peace.
    (c) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any special use 
permit application submitted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (d) Applicability of Existing Laws.--Permit applicants remain 
subject to all other laws, regulations, and policies regarding the 
application, issuance and execution of special use permits for a 
veterans' demonstration or special event at war memorials on land 
administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia 
and its environs.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to waive the 
        application fee for any special use permit for veterans' 
        demonstrations and special events at war memorials on land 
        administered by the National Park Service in the District of 
        Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 392

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1702

                          [Report No. 116-490]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans 
demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and 
                          for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 8, 2020

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed