A BILL 
To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to 
make modifications to the First Division Monument lo-
cated on Federal land in Presidential Park in District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘First Infantry Recogni-
tion of Sacrifice in Theater Act’’ or the ‘‘FIRST Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO FIRST DIVISION MONUMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Society of the First Infan-
try Division (an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of that code), may make modi-
fications (including construction of additional plaques and 
stone plinths on which to put the plaques) to the First Divi-
sion Monument located on Federal land in President’s Park 
in the District of Columbia that was set aside for memorial 
purposes of the First Infantry Division, in order to honor 
the members of the First Infantry Division who paid the 
ultimate sacrifice during United States operations, includ-
ing Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom. The First 
Infantry Division at the Department of the Army shall col-
laborate with the Department of Defense to provide to the 
Society of the First Infantry Division the list of names to 
be added. 
(b) NON-APPLICATION
OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 
ACT.—Subsection (b) of section 8903 of title 40, United 
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States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Commemorative 
Works Act’’), shall not apply to actions taken under sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(c) FUNDING.—Federal funds may not be used to pay 
any expense of the activities of the Society of the First In-
fantry Division which are authorized by this section. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the Society of the First Infantry Division to make modi-
fications to the First Division Monument located on Fed-
eral Land in President’s Park in the District of Colum-
bia, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 220 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1088 
[Report No. 116–275] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Divi-
sion to make modifications to the First Division 
Monument located on Federal land in Presi-
dential Park in District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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