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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 588 

To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. 

CLEAVER, Mr. HANNA, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. WOLF, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 

Mr. PEARCE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be 

displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, 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 ‘‘Vietnam Veterans 

5 Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT 

2 THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL VISITOR 

3 CENTER. 

4 Section 6(b) of Public Law 96–297 (16 U.S.C. 431 

5 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (4) by striking the ‘‘and’’ 

7 after the semicolon; 

8 (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and 

9 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by inserting at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(6) notwithstanding section 8905(b)(7) of title 

13 40, United States Code— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior shall 

15 allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 

16 Inc. to acknowledge donor contributions to the 

17 visitor center by displaying, inside the visitor 

18 center, an appropriate statement or credit ac19 knowledging the contribution; 

20 ‘‘(B) donor contribution acknowledgments 

21 shall be displayed in a form approved by the 

22 Secretary of the Interior and for a period of 

23 time commensurate with the level of the con24 tribution and the life of the facility; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 

2 shall bear all expenses related to the display of 

3 donor acknowledgments; 

4 ‘‘(D) prior to the display of donor acknowl5 edgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 

6 Fund, Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for ap7 proval, its plan for displaying donor acknowl8 edgments; 

9 ‘‘(E) such plan shall include the sample 

10 text and types of the acknowledgments or cred11 its to be displayed and the form and location of 

12 all displays; 

13 ‘‘(F) the Secretary shall approve the plan, 

14 if the Secretary determines that the plan— 

15 ‘‘(i) allows only short, discrete, and 

16 unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; 

17 ‘‘(ii) does not permit any advertising 

18 slogans or company logos; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) conforms to applicable National 

20 Park Service guidelines for indoor donor 

21 recognition; and 

22 ‘‘(G) if the Secretary of the Interior deter23 mines that the proposed plan submitted under 

24 this paragraph, does not meet the requirements 

25 of this paragraph, the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Me2 morial Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days 

3 after receipt of the proposed plan of the 

4 reasons that such plan does not meet the 

5 requirements; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Me7 morial Fund, Inc. to submit a revised 

8 donor recognition plan.’’. 

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