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115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 115-450
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ADMIRAL LLOYD R. ``JOE'' VASEY PACIFIC WAR COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY
ESTABLISHMENT ACT
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December 6, 2017.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted
the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4300]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 4300) to authorize Pacific Historic Parks to
establish a commemorative display to honor members of the
United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of
World War II, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4300 is to authorize Pacific Historic
Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of
the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific
Theater of World War II.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 4300 authorizes Pacific Historic Parks, a nonprofit
National Park Service cooperating association, to establish a
commemorative display at Pearl Harbor to honor service members
who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. H.R.
4300 provides a long-overdue place for people to visit and
reflect upon the more than 150,000 Americans and allied
soldiers whose lives were lost in the Pacific Theater during
World War II. No federal funds may be used to pay for or
maintain the display.
The bill's short title recognizes the significant role that
Admiral Lloyd R. ``Joe'' Vasey has played in advocating for
this memorial. After graduating from the Naval Academy in June
1939 Admiral Vasey had a long and distinguished Navy career.
Admiral Vasey served as chief of strategic plans and policies
at U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters; secretary to the U.S.
Joint Chiefs of Staff; deputy director of the U.S. National
Military Command Center in the Pentagon; and chief of staff for
the Commander U.S. 7th Fleet. Admiral Vasey turned 100 years
old on January 31, 2017.
A similar sense of Congress provision was included in the
text of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 as passed by the House, but was not included
in the final conference report on that bill.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 4300 was introduced on November 8, 2017, by
Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI). The bill was referred to
the Committee on Natural Resources. On November 29, 2017, the
Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. No
amendments were offered, and the bill was ordered favorably
reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent
on November 30, 2017.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and
(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives
and sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Committee has requested but not yet received a cost
estimate for the bill from the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office, including an estimate of federal mandates
pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The Committee will insert the cost estimate in the
Congressional Record when received. However, section 4(b) of
the bill prohibits the use of Federal funds to design, procure,
prepare, install or maintain the commemorative display.
Therefore, the Committee believes that enactment of the bill
would have no or an insignificant impact on the federal budget
and believes there are no federal mandates in this bill.
2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to authorize Pacific Historic Parks
to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the
United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of
World War II.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. This bill does not contain any
directed rule makings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes to existing
law.
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