[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 510 Introduced in House (IH)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 510
To authorize the design and construction of a temporary education
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2001
Mr. Murtha (for himself, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Bartlett of
Maryland, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Brown of South
Carolina, Mr. Condit, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Illinois,
Mr. Doyle, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr.
Goode, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hoeffel, Mrs. Kelly, Mr.
Kolbe, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr.
Reyes, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Towns, and Mr.
Fossella) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the design and construction of a temporary education
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia.
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 Veterans Memorial Education
Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EDUCATION CENTER.
Public Law 96-297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note; 94 Stat. 827) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 6. TEMPORARY EDUCATION CENTER.
``(a) In General.--The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., may,
in accordance with this section, construct a temporary education center
(referred to in this section as the `Center') for the purpose of
educating people about the memorial authorized by this Act.
``(b) Elements.--The Center shall--
``(1) be placed on the memorial described in section 5(f);
``(2) replace the National Park Service visitor center
located on the site as of the date of enactment of this
section; and
``(3) have an area of not to exceed 1,200 square feet.
``(c) Duration.--
``(1) In general.--The Center shall be a temporary
structure to be erected for a period of 10 years beginning on
the date of completion of construction of the Center, subject
to paragraph (2).
``(2) Reevaluation.--On expiration of the period referred
to in paragraph (1), Congress may reevaluate the continuing
need for the Center.
``(d) Funding.--All funds required for the design and construction
of the Center shall be provided by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund,
Inc.
``(e) Relation to Commemorative Works Act.--The Commemorative Works
Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall apply to the design and placement of
the Center.
``(f) Limited Availability of Excess Coin Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
none of the funds made available under section 208(b) of the
United States Veterans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 (31
U.S.C. 5112 note; 107 Stat. 2249) may be used to carry out this
section.
``(2) Use of excess coin funds.--Funds described in
paragraph (1) may be used to carry out this section only if--
``(A) excess funds are available after the purposes
of section 208(b) of the United States Veterans
Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note;
107 Stat. 2249) have been met; and
``(B) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.--
``(i) prepares a detailed written
explanation of its compliance with section
208(b) of the United States Veterans
Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 (31 U.S.C. 5112
note; 107 Stat. 2249) (including an accounting
of any excess funds);
``(ii) prepares a detailed written
explanation of the actual purposes for which
the excess funds, or any portion of the funds,
would be used (including documentation, in
sufficient detail, of the actual uses of those
funds);
``(iii) has the explanations and
documentation under clauses (i) and (ii)
certified by each member of its board of
directors and by its chief executive officer;
``(iv) provides for an appropriate
contingency reserve; and
``(v) makes available, on request by any
Member of Congress or authorized representative
of a Federal department or agency, any
explanation or certified document (including
supporting documents) described in any of
clauses (i) through (iii).''.
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