Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-588
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
District of Columbia
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (Fund) to acknowledge donor contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center by displaying, inside the Center, an appropriate statement or credit.
 
Requires the Fund to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) prior to such display, submit to the Secretary for approval a display plan.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor recognition.
 
Allows the Fund, if a plan is not approved, to resubmit a revised plan.

action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (Fund) to acknowledge donor contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center by displaying, inside the Center, an appropriate statement or credit.
 
Requires the Fund to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) prior to such display, submit to the Secretary for approval a display plan.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor recognition.
 
Allows the Fund, if a plan is not approved, to resubmit a revised plan.

action_date: 2013-05-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (Fund) to acknowledge donor contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center by displaying, inside the Center, an appropriate statement or credit.
 
Requires the Fund to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) prior to such display, submit to the Secretary for approval a display plan.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor recognition.
 
Allows the Fund, if a plan is not approved, to resubmit a revised plan.

action_date: 2013-06-03
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services (GSA), as applicable, to permit a sponsor authorized to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to acknowledge donor contributions at such work.
 
Requires such acknowledgments to: (1) be displayed inside a visitor center or other structure associated with the work; (2) conform to applicable National Park Service or GSA guidelines for such recognitions; (3) be limited to short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; and (4) not include any advertising slogans or company logos. Requires the sponsor, prior to such display, to submit for approval to the Secretary or Administrator a display plan. Provides for plan approval or, if necessary, resubmission of a revised plan.
 
Extends through November 17, 2018, the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center.

action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013 - Extends, to November 17, 2018, the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (Fund) to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitors center. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Fund to acknowledge donor contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center by displaying, inside the Center, an appropriate statement or credit.
 
Requires the Fund to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) prior to such display, submit to the Secretary for approval a display plan.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor donor recognition.
 
Allows the Fund, if a plan is not approved, to resubmit a revised plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-21.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-21.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5623)
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5623)
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H. Res. 264 (consideration: CR H3660-3661)
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3912; text: CR S3912)
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 2 (Roll no. 129). (text: CR H2409)
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 2 (Roll no. 129).(text: CR H2409)
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2412-2413)
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 588.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2409-2410)
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 16.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-21