Title: Free Veterans from Fees Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Free Veterans from Fees Act
This bill waives the application fee for any application for any special use permit the sole purpose of which is to hold a veterans' special event at a war memorial on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3240

 To waive the application fee for applications for special use permits 
 for veterans' special events at war memorials on land administered by 
the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2021

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Scott of 
   Florida, Mr. Braun, Mr. Risch, and Mrs. Blackburn) 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 waive the application fee for applications for special use permits 
 for veterans' special events at war memorials on land administered by 
the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, 
                        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 ``Free Veterans from Fees Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Member of a gold star family.--The term ``member of a 
        Gold Star Family'' means any individual that meets the 
        eligibility requirements of section 3.2 of Department of 
        Defense Instruction 1348.36 (or a successor instruction).
            (2) Special events.--The term ``special events'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 7.96(g)(1) of title 36, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
            (3) The district of columbia and its environs.--The term 
        ``the District of Columbia and its environs'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States 
        Code.
            (4) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
            (5) Veterans' special event.--The term ``veterans' special 
        event'' means a special event at which the majority of 
        attendees are veterans or members of Gold Star Families.
            (6) War memorial.--The term ``war memorial'' means any 
        memorial or monument that has been erected or dedicated to 
        commemorate a military unit, military group, war, conflict, 
        victory, or peace.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FEE FOR VETERANS' 
              SPECIAL EVENTS.

    (a) Waiver.--The application fee for any application for a special 
use permit, the sole purpose of which is to hold a veterans' special 
event at a war memorial on land administered by the National Park 
Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, shall be waived.
    (b) Applicability of Existing Laws.--Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), an applicant for a special use permit described in that subsection 
shall be subject to any other law (including regulations) or policy 
applicable to the application, issuance, or execution of the special 
use permit.
    (c) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any special use 
permit application submitted after the date of enactment of this Act.
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