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.

Sets forth conditions for the use of excess coin funds under the United States Veterans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 in the construction of such center, including that the Fund provide detailed information with respect to the use of such funds.

[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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