Title: First Division Monument Modification Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
First Division Monument Modification Act
This bill authorizes the Society of the First Infantry Division to modify the First Division Monument located on federal land in Presidential Park, District of Columbia, to honor members of the First Infantry Division of the U.S. Army who died during U.S. operations, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
The First Infantry Division must provide the society with a list of names to be added to the monument.
The Commemorative Works Act, which prohibits monuments to military units, shall not apply to this authorization.
Federal funds may not be used to pay for the activities authorized by this bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2672 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2672

    To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to make 
modifications to the First Division Monument located on Federal land in 
      President's Park in Washington, DC, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2018

Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to make 
modifications to the First Division Monument located on Federal land in 
      President's Park in Washington, DC, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``First Division Monument Modification 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FIRST DIVISION MONUMENT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Society of the First Infantry Division 
(which is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of that Code), may make modifications to the First Division 
Monument located on Federal land in President's Park in Washington, DC, 
that was set aside for memorial purposes of the First Infantry 
Division.
    (b) Inclusions.--The modifications authorized under subsection (a) 
may include the construction of additional plaques, and the 
construction of additional stone plinths on which to place the plaques, 
to honor the members of the First Infantry Division who paid the 
ultimate sacrifice during United States operations, including Operation 
Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn, and Operation 
Enduring Freedom.
    (c) Required Consultation.--The First Infantry Division at the 
Department of the Army shall collaborate with the Secretary of Defense 
to provide the list of the not more than 5,000 names of members of the 
First Infantry Division to be added to the Monument.
    (d) Application of Commemorative Works Act.--Subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 8903 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ``Commemorative Works Act''), shall not apply to activities 
authorized under this section.
    (e) Funding.--Federal funds may not be used to pay any costs of the 
activities authorized under this section.
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