Title: Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act
This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, subject to an agreement with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association under which the association shall pay all site preparation, construction, installation, and maintenance costs for the memorial.
The Army shall remove the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Tree and place the monument where the tree stood.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 315 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 315

  To direct the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National 
Cemetery a monument honoring the helicopter pilots and crewmembers who 
were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the 
                  Vietnam era, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2017

 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
King, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which 
   was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National 
Cemetery a monument honoring the helicopter pilots and crewmembers who 
were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the 
                  Vietnam era, 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 ``Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF MONUMENT HONORING HELICOPTER PILOTS AND 
              CREWMEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY 
              IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING THE VIETNAM ERA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the requirements of subsection (c), the 
Secretary of the Army shall place in Arlington National Cemetery a 
monument honoring helicopter pilots and crewmembers who were killed 
while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam 
era.
    (b) Design.--The monument placed under subsection (a) shall measure 
4 feet in height, 5 feet in width, and 1 foot in depth, and shall be 
based on a design approved by the Secretary of the Army and the Vietnam 
Helicopter Pilots Association.
    (c) Agreement for Construction and Maintenance.--The Secretary of 
the Army may only place a monument under subsection (a) if the 
Secretary enters into an agreement with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots 
Association under which the Association agrees to pay all costs 
necessary for preparation of the site for the monument (including the 
activities authorized under subsection (d)(2)) and to construct, 
install, and maintain the monument, and to such other provisions as the 
Secretary may require.
    (d) Site and Replacement of Existing Memorial.--
            (1) In general.--The monument described in subsection (a) 
        shall be placed where the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association 
        Memorial Tree stood on the day before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Removal of existing memorial.--In placing the monument 
        described in subsection (a) in the place specified in paragraph 
        (1) of this subsection, the Secretary of the Army may remove 
        the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Tree that 
        was in such location on the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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