[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 588 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 16
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 588
[Report No. 113-28]
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2013
Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr.
Cleaver, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Roe of Tennessee,
Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Pearce, Ms.
Ros-Lehtinen, and Mrs. Capps) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
April 9, 2013
Additional sponsors: Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Sablan,
Mr. Coffman, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Barber, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Miller of
Florida, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Calvert, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Walz, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Stewart, Mr. Cardenas, and Mr. Horsford
April 9, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, 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 ``Vietnam Veterans Donor
Acknowledgment Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER.
Section 6(b) of Public Law 96-297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking the ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and inserting
``; and''; and
(3) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) notwithstanding section 8905(b)(7) of title 40,
United States Code--
``(A) the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to acknowledge
donor contributions to the visitor center by
displaying, inside the visitor center, an appropriate
statement or credit acknowledging the contribution;
``(B) donor contribution acknowledgments shall be
displayed in a form approved by the Secretary of the
Interior and for a period of time commensurate with the
level of the contribution and the life of the facility;
``(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund shall bear
all expenses related to the display of donor
acknowledgments;
``(D) prior to the display of donor
acknowledgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund,
Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for approval, its
plan for displaying donor acknowledgments;
``(E) such plan shall include the sample text and
types of the acknowledgments or credits to be displayed
and the form and location of all displays;
``(F) the Secretary shall approve the plan, if the
Secretary determines that the plan--
``(i) allows only short, discrete, and
unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits;
``(ii) does not permit any advertising
slogans or company logos; and
``(iii) conforms to applicable National
Park Service guidelines for indoor donor
recognition; and
``(G) if the Secretary of the Interior determines
that the proposed plan submitted under this paragraph,
does not meet the requirements of this paragraph, the
Secretary shall--
``(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days after receipt
of the proposed plan of the reasons that such
plan does not meet the requirements; and
``(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Fund, Inc. to submit a revised donor
recognition plan.''.
Union Calendar No. 16
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 588
[Report No. 113-28]
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A BILL
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 9, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed