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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2773 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Mr. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire, and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell 
Pershing Hall. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF PERSHING HALL. 
Section 403 of the Veterans’ Benefits Programs Im-
provement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–86; 38 U.S.C. 
2400 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF SALE.—(1) The Secretary 
shall sell for fair market value Pershing Hall and transfer 
and convey to the purchaser all right, title, and interest 
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of the United States in or to such property. The Secretary 
shall determine fair market value based on an independent 
assessment conducted by a nongovernmental entity. The 
Secretary may only accept money as consideration for 
such sale. As a condition of such sale, the Secretary shall 
require that the purchaser agree to preserve the architec-
tural details of the exterior and interior of Pershing Hall. 
‘‘(2) On or before the date on which the Secretary 
sells Pershing Hall pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall transfer to the American Battle Monuments 
Commission any personal property (including memorabilia 
regarding General Pershing and the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France during World War I) in the pos-
session of the Department of Veterans Affairs as of the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, regardless of the 
location of the property at the time of the transfer, that 
was located in Pershing Hall (or otherwise associated with 
Pershing Hall) on the date on which the United States 
acquired Pershing Hall pursuant to the Act of June 28, 
1935 (Chapter 323; 49 Stat. 426). 
‘‘(3) The funds received by the Secretary pursuant 
to the sale of Pershing Hall under paragraph (1) shall 
be transferred to the American Battle Monuments Com-
mission and be made available, subject to appropriation 
and without fiscal year limitation, for maintaining ceme-
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teries, monuments, and memorials under the jurisdiction 
of the Commission. 
‘‘(4)(A) Effective on the day after the date of the sale 
of Pershing Hall authorized under paragraph (1), the au-
thority of the Secretary to carry out subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (e) shall terminate except for purposes of carrying 
out paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Effective on the date that is one year after the 
date of the sale of Pershing Hall authorized under para-
graph (1), the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund shall be 
abolished and the corpus of the fund, including accrued 
interest, shall be transferred to the American Battle 
Monuments Commission and be made available, subject to 
appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for main-
taining cemeteries, monuments, and memorials under the 
jurisdiction of the Commission. 
‘‘(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, and each 180-day period 
thereafter until the date on which the Secretary sells Per-
shing Hall pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
implementation of this subsection. Not later than 30 days 
after the date of such sale, the Secretary shall submit to 
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such committees a final report on the implementation of 
this subsection.’’. 
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