II 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 588 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 7, 2013 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be 
displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Cen-
ter, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vietnam Veterans 
Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT 
THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL VISITOR 
CENTER. 
Section 6(b) of Public Law 96–297 (16 U.S.C. 431 
note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking the ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) notwithstanding section 8905(b)(7) of title 
40, United States Code— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior shall 
allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 
Inc. to acknowledge donor contributions to the 
visitor center by displaying, inside the visitor 
center, an appropriate statement or credit ac-
knowledging the contribution; 
‘‘(B) donor contribution acknowledgments 
shall be displayed in a form approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior and for a period of 
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time commensurate with the level of the con-
tribution and the life of the facility; 
‘‘(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 
shall bear all expenses related to the display of 
donor acknowledgments; 
‘‘(D) prior to the display of donor acknowl-
edgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Fund, Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for ap-
proval, its plan for displaying donor acknowl-
edgments; 
‘‘(E) such plan shall include the sample 
text and types of the acknowledgments or cred-
its to be displayed and the form and location of 
all displays; 
‘‘(F) the Secretary shall approve the plan, 
if the Secretary determines that the plan— 
‘‘(i) allows only short, discrete, and 
unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; 
‘‘(ii) does not permit any advertising 
slogans or company logos; and 
‘‘(iii) conforms to applicable National 
Park Service guidelines for indoor donor 
recognition; and 
‘‘(G) if the Secretary of the Interior deter-
mines that the proposed plan submitted under 
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this paragraph, does not meet the requirements 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Me-
morial Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days 
after receipt of the proposed plan of the 
reasons that such plan does not meet the 
requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Me-
morial Fund, Inc. to submit a revised 
donor recognition plan.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 6, 2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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