Title: Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 2017
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 2017
This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to instruct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to any veteran with a service-connected disability.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 355 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 355

To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a 
  lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-
                         connected disability.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2017

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Collins) 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 amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a 
  lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-
                         connected disability.

    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 ``Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL PASSES FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 805(b) of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(b)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Disability discount.--The Secretary shall make the 
        National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, 
        without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Any United States citizen or person domiciled 
                in the United States who has been medically determined 
                to be permanently disabled for purposes of section 
                7(20)(B)(i) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
                U.S.C. 705(20)(B)(i)), if the citizen or person 
                provides adequate proof of the disability and such 
                citizenship or residency.
                    ``(B) Any veteran with a service-connected 
                disability, as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
                United States Code.''.
    (b) Offset.--To the extent necessary, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall offset any direct spending authorized under paragraph (2) of 
section 805(b) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6804(b)) (as added by subsection (a)) using any additional 
amounts that may be made available to the Secretary of the Interior for 
the applicable fiscal year.
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