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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1029 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION 

2 FEE FOR VETERANS’ SPECIAL EVENTS. 

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

4 permit solely for a veterans’ special event at war memo5 rials on land administered by the National Park Service 

6 in the District of Columbia and its environs shall be 

7 waived. 

8 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ITS ENVI10 RONS.—The term ‘‘the District of Columbia and its 

11 environs’’ has the meaning given that term in sec12 tion 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code. 

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

14 Star Families’’ includes any individual described in 

15 section 3.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 

16 1348.36. 

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

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

19 7.96 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

22 38, United States Code. 

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

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

25 which the majority of attendees are veterans or Gold 

26 Star Families. 


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1 (6) WAR MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘war memo2 rial’’ means any memorial or monument which has 

3 been erected or dedicated to commemorate a military 

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

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

6 special use permit application submitted after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act. 

8 (d) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING LAWS.—Permit ap9 plicants remain subject to all other laws, regulations, and 

10 policies regarding the application, issuance and execution 

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

12 memorials on land administered by the National Park 

13 Service in the District of Columbia and its environs. 

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