Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Admiral Lloyd R. `Joe' Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act. Hawaii. 54 USC 320301 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``Admiral Lloyd R. `Joe' Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act''.
In this Act: (1) Association.--The term ``Association'' means Pacific Historic Parks, a corporation that is-- (A) a cooperating association with the National Park Service; (B) organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii; and (C) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code. (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the National Park Service. (3) Commemorative display.--The term ``commemorative display'' means the Pacific Theater of World War II Commemorative Display authorized to be established under section 4(a).
The purposes of this Act are to-- (1) honor the brave members of the United States Armed Forces who fought on behalf of the United States of America in the Pacific Theater during World War II; (2) provide a place to mourn the more than 150,000 American and allied lives lost in the Pacific Theater during World War II; and (3) educate the public about United States battles in the Pacific Theater and its role in World War II.
(a) Authorization To Establish Commemorative Display.--The Association may establish and maintain a commemorative display to honor the members of the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
(b) Use of Federal Funds Prohibited.--Federal funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the commemorative display, but the Director may accept and expend contributions of non- Federal funds and resources for such purposes. (c) Location of Commemorative Display.-- (1) In general.--The Director may allow the commemorative display to be established at a suitable location at the Pearl Harbor site of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. (2) Condition.--The commemorative display may not be established at any location under the jurisdiction of the Director until the Director determines that an assured source of non-Federal funding has been established for the design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of the commemorative display.
(d) Design of the Commemorative Display.--The final design of the commemorative display shall be subject to the approval of the Director.
Approved May 7, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4300 (S. 2213): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-450 (Comm. on Natural Resources). SENATE REPORTS: Nos. 115-216 and 115-215, accompanying S. 2213, (both from Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017): Dec. 7, considered and passed House. Vol. 164 (2018): Apr. 23, considered and passed Senate.
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