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Union Calendar No. 79 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1029 

[Report No. 117–106] 

To Waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans’ special 

events at war memorials on land administered by the National Park 

Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 

Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. KIND, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. SLOTKIN, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. NORMAN, 

Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. STEWART, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MEUSER, Mrs. CAMMACK, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

JULY 26, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. RICE

of South Carolina, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, and Mr. TAYLOR

JULY 26, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; 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 Waive the application fee for any special use permit 

for veterans’ special events at war memorials on land 

administered by the National Park Service in the District 

of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Free Veterans from 

5 Fees Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION 

7 FEE FOR VETERANS’ SPECIAL EVENTS. 

8 (a) WAIVER.—The application fee for any special use 

9 permit solely for a veterans’ special event at war memo10 rials on land administered by the National Park Service 

11 in the District of Columbia and its environs shall be 

12 waived. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ITS ENVI15 RONS.—The term ‘‘the District of Columbia and its 

16 environs’’ has the meaning given that term in sec17 tion 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code. 

18 (2) GOLD STAR FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘Gold 

19 Star Families’’ includes any individual described in 

20 section 3.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 

21 1348.36. 

22 (3) SPECIAL EVENT.—The term ‘‘special 

23 events’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

24 7.96 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 (4) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 101(2) of title 

3 38, United States Code. 

4 (5) VETERANS’ SPECIAL EVENT.—The term 

5 ‘‘veterans’ special event’’ means a special event of 

6 which the majority of attendees are veterans or Gold 

7 Star Families. 

8 (6) WAR MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘war memo9 rial’’ means any memorial or monument which has 

10 been erected or dedicated to commemorate a military 

11 unit, military group, war, conflict, victory, or peace. 

12 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to any 

13 special use permit application submitted after the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act. 

15 (d) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING LAWS.—Permit ap16 plicants remain subject to all other laws, regulations, and 

17 policies regarding the application, issuance and execution 

18 of special use permits for a veterans’ special event at war 

19 memorials on land administered by the National Park 

20 Service in the District of Columbia and its environs. 


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Union Calendar No. 79 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1029 

[Report No. 117–106] 

A BILL 

To Waive the application fee for any special use 

rons, and for other purposes. Service in the District of Columbia and its envirials on land administered by the National Park permit for veterans’ special events at war memoJULY 26, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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