[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 200 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H9746]
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   ADMIRAL LLOYD R. ``JOE'' VASEY PACIFIC WAR COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY 
                           ESTABLISHMENT ACT

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from 
the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 4300) 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, and ask for its immediate consideration 
in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4300

       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.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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