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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4300 
To authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display 
to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in 
the Pacific Theater of World War II, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2017 
Ms. HANABUSA (for herself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemo-
rative display to honor members of the United States 
Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of 
World War II, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Admiral Lloyd R. ‘Joe’ 
Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 
means Pacific Historic Parks, a corporation that 
is— 
(A) a cooperating association with the Na-
tional Park Service; 
(B) organized under the laws of the State 
of Hawaii; and 
(C) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
Code. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Park Service. 
(3) 
COMMEMORATIVE
DISPLAY.—The 
term 
‘‘commemorative display’’ means the Pacific Theater 
of World War II Commemorative Display authorized 
to be established under section 4(a). 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) honor the brave members of the United 
States Armed Forces who fought on behalf of the 
United States of America in the Pacific Theater 
during World War II; 
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(2) provide a place to mourn the more than 
150,000 American and allied lives lost in the Pacific 
Theater during World War II; and 
(3) educate the public about United States bat-
tles in the Pacific Theater and its role in World War 
II. 
SEC. 4. PACIFIC THEATER COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORA-
TIVE DISPLAY.—The Association may establish and main-
tain a commemorative display to honor the members of 
the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served 
in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 
(b) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Fed-
eral funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, 
install, or maintain the commemorative display, but the 
Director may accept and expend contributions of non-Fed-
eral funds and resources for such purposes. 
(c) LOCATION OF COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may allow the 
commemorative display to be established at a suit-
able location at the Pearl Harbor site of the World 
War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in 
Honolulu, Hawaii. 
(2) CONDITION.—The commemorative display 
may not be established at any location under the ju-
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risdiction of the Director until the Director deter-
mines that an assured source of non-Federal funding 
has been established for the design, procurement, in-
stallation, and maintenance of the commemorative 
display. 
(d) DESIGN OF THE COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY.— 
The final design of the commemorative display shall be 
subject to the approval of the Director. 
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