[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 141 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5888-S5889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL OF REMEMBRANCE ACT OF 2016

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 572, H.R. 1475.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1475) to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as 
     part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain 
     private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Korean War Veterans Memorial 
     Wall of Remembrance Act''.

     SEC. 2. WALL OF REMEMBRANCE.

       (a) Authorization.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 
     40, United States Code, the Korean War Veterans Memorial 
     Foundation, Inc.,

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     may construct a Wall of Remembrance at the site of the Korean 
     War Veterans Memorial.
       (2) Requirement.--
       (A) In general.--The Wall of Remembrance shall include a 
     list of names of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States who died in the Korean War, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Defense, in accordance with subparagraph (B).
       (B) Criteria; submission to the secretary of the 
     interior.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
       (i) establish eligibility criteria for the inclusion of 
     names on the Wall of Remembrance under subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) provide to the Secretary of the Interior a final list 
     of names for inclusion on the Wall of Remembrance under 
     subparagraph (A) that meet the criteria established under 
     clause (i).
       (3) Additional information.--The Wall of Remembrance may 
     include other information about the Korean War, including the 
     number of members of the Armed Forces of the United States, 
     the Korean Augmentation to the United States Army, the 
     Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the 
     United Nations Command who, in regards to the Korean War--
       (A) were killed in action;
       (B) were wounded in action;
       (C) are listed as missing in action; or
       (D) were prisoners of war.
       (b) Commemorative Works Act.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (a)(1), chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code 
     (commonly known as the ``Commemorative Works Act''), shall 
     apply.
       (c) No Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be used to 
     construct the Wall of Remembrance.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and 
passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H.R. 1475), as amended, was passed.

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