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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4300 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Admiral Lloyd R. ‘Joe’ 

3 Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 

8 means Pacific Historic Parks, a corporation that 

9 is— 

10 (A) a cooperating association with the Na11 tional Park Service; 

12 (B) organized under the laws of the State 

13 of Hawaii; and 

14 (C) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

16 from taxation under section 501(a) of that 

17 Code. 

18 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

19 the Director of the National Park Service. 

20 (3) COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.—The term 

21 ‘‘commemorative display’’ means the Pacific Theater 

22 of World War II Commemorative Display authorized 

23 to be established under section 4(a). 

24 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

25 The purposes of this Act are to— 


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1 (1) honor the brave members of the United 

2 States Armed Forces who fought on behalf of the 

3 United States of America in the Pacific Theater 

4 during World War II; 

5 (2) provide a place to mourn the more than 

6 150,000 American and allied lives lost in the Pacific 

7 Theater during World War II; and 

8 (3) educate the public about United States bat9 tles in the Pacific Theater and its role in World War 

10 II. 

11 SEC. 4. PACIFIC THEATER COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORA13 TIVE DISPLAY.—The Association may establish and main14 tain a commemorative display to honor the members of 

15 the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served 

16 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 

17 (b) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Fed18 eral funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, 

19 install, or maintain the commemorative display, but the 

20 Director may accept and expend contributions of non-Fed21 eral funds and resources for such purposes. 

22 (c) LOCATION OF COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may allow the 

24 commemorative display to be established at a suit25 able location at the Pearl Harbor site of the World 


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1 War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in 

2 Honolulu, Hawaii. 

3 (2) CONDITION.—The commemorative display 

4 may not be established at any location under the ju5 risdiction of the Director until the Director deter6 mines that an assured source of non-Federal funding 

7 has been established for the design, procurement, in8 stallation, and maintenance of the commemorative 

9 display. 

10 (d) DESIGN OF THE COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.— 

11 The final design of the commemorative display shall be 

12 subject to the approval of the Director. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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