Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a temporary education center for educating people about the Memorial. Requires the center to remain for ten years, after which Congress may reevaluate the continuing need for the center.

Requires the Fund, in designing the center, to consult with the Commission on Fine Arts.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3089 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3089

   To authorize the design and construction of a temporary education 
                center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2000

Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Kerry, 
 and Mr. Ross) 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 authorize the design and construction of a temporary education 
                center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

    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; Public Law 96-297) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 6. TEMPORARY EDUCATION CENTER.

    ``(a) In General.--The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., may 
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.
            ``(2) Reevaluation.--On expiration of the period referred 
        to in paragraph (1), Congress may reevaluate the continuing 
        need for the Center.
    ``(d) Consultation.--In designing the Center, the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Fund, Inc., shall consult with the Commission on Fine Arts.
    ``(e) Relation to Commemorative Works Act.--The Act entitled `An 
Act to provide standards for placement of commemorative works on 
certain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and 
for other purposes' (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall not apply to the 
design and placement of the Center.
    ``(f) Funding.--All funds required for the design and construction 
of the Center shall be provided by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 
Inc.''.
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