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]
[H.R. 5424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5424

    To authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to make 
modifications to the First Division Monument located on Federal land in 
    Presidential Park, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2018

 Mr. Marshall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on 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 
    Presidential Park, District of Columbia, 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 OR AUGMENTATION TO FIRST DIVISION MONUMENT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Society of the First Infantry Division (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 (including construction of additional 
plaques and stone plinths on which to put the plaques) to the First 
Division Monument located on Federal land in Presidential Park, 
District of Columbia that was set aside for memorial purposes of the 
First Infantry Division. The additions will honor the members of the 
First Infantry Division who paid the ultimate sacrifice during United 
States operations including, but not limited to, Operation Desert 
Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn, and Operation Enduring 
Freedom. It is estimated that not more than 5,000 names shall be added 
to the memorial. The First Infantry Division at the Department of the 
Army shall collaborate with the Department of Defense to provide the 
list of names to be added.
    (b) 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 actions taken 
under subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Funding.--Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense of 
the activities authorized by this section.
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