    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-132
    113th Congress

    An Act

    To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March
    Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. <>

    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 ``Distinguished Flying Cross National
    Memorial Act''.
    SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS NATIONAL
    MEMORIAL IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
    (1) The most reliable statistics regarding the number of
    members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the
    Distinguished Flying Cross indicate that 126,318 members of the
    Armed Forces received the medal during World War II,
    approximately 21,000 members received the medal during the
    Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received the medal during
    the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Vietnam War, more than 203
    Armed Forces members have received the medal in times of
    conflict.
    (2) The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis,
    Missouri, burned down in 1973, and thus many more recipients of
    the Distinguished Flying Cross may be undocumented. Currently,
    the Department of Defense continues to locate and identify
    members of the Armed Forces who have received the medal and are
    undocumented.
    (3) The United States currently lacks a national memorial
    dedicated to the bravery and sacrifice of those members of the
    Armed Forces who have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds
    performed in aerial flight.
    (4) An appropriate memorial to current and former members of
    the Armed Forces is under construction at March Field Air Museum
    in Riverside, California.
    (5) This memorial will honor all those members of the Armed
    Forces who have distinguished themselves in aerial flight,
    whether documentation of such members who earned the
    Distinguished Flying Cross exists or not.

    (b) Designation.--The memorial to members of the Armed Forces who
    have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, located at March Field
    Air Museum in Riverside, California, is hereby designated as the
    Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial.

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    (c) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial designated by this
    section is not a unit of the National Park System, and the designation
    of the national memorial shall not be construed to require or permit
    Federal funds to be expended for any purpose related to the national
    memorial.

    Approved July 25, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 330:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-79 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 159 (2013):
    Oct. 29, considered and passed
    House.
    Vol. 160 (2014):
    July 9, considered and passed
    Senate.