127 STAT. 490 PUBLIC LAW 113–21—JULY 18, 2013 

Public Law 113–21 

113th Congress 

An Act 

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)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 

(B) 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; 

Determination. 

Plans. 

Vietnam 

Veterans Donor 

Acknowledgment 

Act of 2013. 

16 USC 431 note. 

July 18, 2013 

[H.R. 588] 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–21—JULY 18, 2013 127 STAT. 491 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 588: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–28 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013): 

May 6, considered and passed House. 

June 3, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

June 17, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H. Res. 264. 

July 10, Senate concurred in House amendment. 

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‘‘(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.’’. 

Approved July 18, 2013. 

Plans. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 


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