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Union Calendar No. 16 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 588 

[Report No. 113–28] 

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 

APRIL 9, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SABLAN, 

Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BARBER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

MILLER of Florida, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. WALZ, Mr. MATHESON, 

Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. STEWART, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, and Mr. HORSFORD

APRIL 9, 2013 

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 provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be 

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

5 Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT 

7 THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL VISITOR 

8 CENTER. 

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

10 note) is amended— 

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

12 after the semicolon; 

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

14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 paragraph: 

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

18 40, United States Code— 

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

20 allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 

21 Inc. to acknowledge donor contributions to the 

22 visitor center by displaying, inside the visitor 

23 center, an appropriate statement or credit ac24 knowledging the contribution; 


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1 ‘‘(B) donor contribution acknowledgments 

2 shall be displayed in a form approved by the 

3 Secretary of the Interior and for a period of 

4 time commensurate with the level of the con5 tribution and the life of the facility; 

6 ‘‘(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 

7 shall bear all expenses related to the display of 

8 donor acknowledgments; 

9 ‘‘(D) prior to the display of donor acknowl10 edgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 

11 Fund, Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for ap12 proval, its plan for displaying donor acknowl13 edgments; 

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

15 text and types of the acknowledgments or cred16 its to be displayed and the form and location of 

17 all displays; 

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

19 if the Secretary determines that the plan— 

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

21 unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; 

22 ‘‘(ii) does not permit any advertising 

23 slogans or company logos; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) conforms to applicable National 

2 Park Service guidelines for indoor donor 

3 recognition; and 

4 ‘‘(G) if the Secretary of the Interior deter5 mines that the proposed plan submitted under 

6 this paragraph, does not meet the requirements 

7 of this paragraph, the Secretary shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Me9 morial Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days 

10 after receipt of the proposed plan of the 

11 reasons that such plan does not meet the 

12 requirements; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Me14 morial Fund, Inc. to submit a revised 

15 donor recognition plan.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 16 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 588 

[Report No. 113–28] 

A BILL 

To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments 

rial Visitor Center, and for other purposes. to be displayed at the Vietnam Veterans MemoAPRIL 9, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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