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[House Report 115-450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

115th Congress    }                                      {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                      {     115-450

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   ADMIRAL LLOYD R. ``JOE'' VASEY PACIFIC WAR COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY 
                           ESTABLISHMENT ACT

                                _______
                                

December 6, 2017.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 4300]

    The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred 
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, having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend 
that the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 4300 is 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.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 4300 authorizes Pacific Historic Parks, a nonprofit 
National Park Service cooperating association, to establish a 
commemorative display at Pearl Harbor to honor service members 
who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. H.R. 
4300 provides a long-overdue place for people to visit and 
reflect upon the more than 150,000 Americans and allied 
soldiers whose lives were lost in the Pacific Theater during 
World War II. No federal funds may be used to pay for or 
maintain the display.
    The bill's short title recognizes the significant role that 
Admiral Lloyd R. ``Joe'' Vasey has played in advocating for 
this memorial. After graduating from the Naval Academy in June 
1939 Admiral Vasey had a long and distinguished Navy career. 
Admiral Vasey served as chief of strategic plans and policies 
at U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters; secretary to the U.S. 
Joint Chiefs of Staff; deputy director of the U.S. National 
Military Command Center in the Pentagon; and chief of staff for 
the Commander U.S. 7th Fleet. Admiral Vasey turned 100 years 
old on January 31, 2017.
    A similar sense of Congress provision was included in the 
text of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 as passed by the House, but was not included 
in the final conference report on that bill.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 4300 was introduced on November 8, 2017, by 
Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI). The bill was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources. On November 29, 2017, the 
Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. No 
amendments were offered, and the bill was ordered favorably 
reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent 
on November 30, 2017.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and 
(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
and sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the Committee has requested but not yet received a cost 
estimate for the bill from the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, including an estimate of federal mandates 
pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 
The Committee will insert the cost estimate in the 
Congressional Record when received. However, section 4(b) of 
the bill prohibits the use of Federal funds to design, procure, 
prepare, install or maintain the commemorative display. 
Therefore, the Committee believes that enactment of the bill 
would have no or an insignificant impact on the federal budget 
and believes there are no federal mandates in this bill.
    2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or 
objective of this bill is 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.

                           EARMARK STATEMENT

    This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, 
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                       COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5

    Directed Rule Making. This bill does not contain any 
directed rule makings.
    Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not 
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government 
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was 
not included in any report from the Government Accountability 
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139 
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program 
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law 
98-169) as relating to other programs.

                PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes to existing 
law.

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