Title: FIRST Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
First Infantry Recognition of Sacrifice in Theater Act or the FIRST 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 the society for the modification.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1088 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1088

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2019

 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 in 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 Infantry Recognition of 
Sacrifice in Theater Act'' or the ``FIRST Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION 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 in 
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, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom. The First Infantry 
Division at the Department of the Army shall collaborate 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.--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 of the Society of the First Infantry Division which are 
authorized by this section.
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