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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4300 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 360
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4300

                          [Report No. 115-216]

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2017

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

                             March 21, 2018

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment

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                                 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.

    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 ``Admiral Lloyd R. `Joe' Vasey Pacific 
War Commemorative Display Establishment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Association.--The term ``Association'' means Pacific 
        Historic Parks, a corporation that is--
                    (A) a cooperating association with the National 
                Park Service;
                    (B) organized under the laws of the State of 
                Hawaii; and
                    (C) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
                section 501(a) of that Code.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the National Park Service.
            (3) Commemorative display.--The term ``commemorative 
        display'' means the Pacific Theater of World War II 
        Commemorative Display authorized to be established under 
        section 4(a).

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) honor the brave members of the United States Armed 
        Forces who fought on behalf of the United States of America in 
        the Pacific Theater during World War II;
            (2) provide a place to mourn the more than 150,000 American 
        and allied lives lost in the Pacific Theater during World War 
        II; and
            (3) educate the public about United States battles in the 
        Pacific Theater and its role in World War II.

SEC. 4. PACIFIC THEATER COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.

    (a) Authorization To Establish Commemorative Display.--The 
Association may establish and maintain a commemorative display to honor 
the members of the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served in 
the Pacific Theater during World War II.
    (b) Use of Federal Funds Prohibited.--Federal funds may not be used 
to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the commemorative 
display, but the Director may accept and expend contributions of non-
Federal funds and resources for such purposes.
    (c) Location of Commemorative Display.--
            (1) In general.--The Director may allow the commemorative 
        display to be established at a suitable location at the Pearl 
        Harbor site of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
        Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii.
            (2) Condition.--The commemorative display may not be 
        established at any location under the jurisdiction of the 
        Director until the Director determines that an assured source 
        of non-Federal funding has been established for the design, 
        procurement, installation, and maintenance of the commemorative 
        display.
    (d) Design of the Commemorative Display.--The final design of the 
commemorative display shall be subject to the approval of the Director.
                                                       Calendar No. 360

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4300

                          [Report No. 115-216]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 21, 2018

                       Reported without amendment
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