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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6291 
To acknowledge donor contributions at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor 
Center, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DUNCAN 
of Tennessee, Ms. CHU, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. PETERSON, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. DANIEL 
E. LUNGREN of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To acknowledge donor contributions at the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Visitor Center, 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. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL VIS-
ITOR CENTER. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2012’’. 
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(b) DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— 
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) the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
‘‘(A) acknowledge a donor contribution, in 
the form of a permanent statement or credit 
line expressing appreciation for such contribu-
tion, inside the visitor center, if— 
‘‘(i) the donor or the Vietnam Vet-
erans Memorial Fund, Inc. provides the 
Secretary with— 
‘‘(I) such statement or credit 
line; or 
‘‘(II) a plan describing such 
statement or credit line and, if the 
Secretary accepts the plan for the 
statement or credit line under clause 
(ii), funding to create such statement 
or credit line; and 
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‘‘(ii) the Secretary, in consultation 
with the National Capital Planning Com-
mission and Commission of Fine Arts, de-
termines such statement or credit line— 
‘‘(I) to be short, discrete, and un-
obtrusive; and 
‘‘(II) does not contain an adver-
tising slogan or company logo; and 
‘‘(B) in the case that the Secretary deter-
mines that a statement or credit line provided 
under subparagraph (A)(i) does not meet the 
requirements under subparagraph (A)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) advise the donor or the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. within 15 
days of receipt of such statement or credit 
line under subparagraph (A)(i) of the rea-
sons that such statement or credit line 
does not meet the requirements under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) allow the donor or the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to submit a 
corrected statement or credit line.’’. 
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