In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

June 17, 2013. 

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H.R. 588) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 

donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other 

purposes.’’, with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 

amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill, insert 

the following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vietnam Veterans Donor 

3 Acknowledgment Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT 

5 THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL VISITOR 

6 CENTER. 

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

8 note) is amended— 

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

10 the semicolon; 

11 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2018’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

2 and’’; and 

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

4 paragraph: 

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

6 40, United States Code— 

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

8 allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. 

9 to acknowledge donor contributions to the visitor 

10 center by displaying, inside the visitor center, an 

11 appropriate statement or credit acknowledging 

12 the contribution; 

13 ‘‘(B) donor contribution acknowledgments 

14 shall be displayed in a form approved by the 

15 Secretary of the Interior and for a period of time 

16 commensurate with the level of the contribution 

17 and the life of the facility; 

18 ‘‘(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 

19 shall bear all expenses related to the display of 

20 donor acknowledgments; 

21 ‘‘(D) prior to the display of donor acknowl22 edgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 

23 Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for approval, 

24 its plan for displaying donor acknowledgments; 
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1 ‘‘(E) such plan shall include the sample text 

2 and types of the acknowledgments or credits to be 

3 displayed and the form and location of all dis4 plays; 

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

6 if the Secretary determines that the plan— 

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

8 unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; 

9 ‘‘(ii) does not permit any advertising 

10 slogans or company logos; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) conforms to applicable National 

12 Park Service guidelines for indoor donor 

13 recognition; and 

14 ‘‘(G) if the Secretary of the Interior deter15 mines that the proposed plan submitted under 

16 this paragraph, does not meet the requirements 

17 of this paragraph, the Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Me19 morial Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days 

20 after receipt of the proposed plan of the rea21 sons that such plan does not meet the re22 quirements; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Me2 morial Fund, Inc. to submit a revised donor 

3 recognition plan.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 588 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT