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H.R. 1442: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act

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H.R. 1442: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-03-26 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-126.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-03-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-126. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act

Plain summary

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to design and construct a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Directs the Commission on Fine Arts to approve a final design for the center within one year. Requires the center to be operated and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior subject to the Secretary entering into an operation and maintenance agreement with the Memorial Fund. Prohibits the use of any Federal funds for the planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of such center.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] · 85 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1442, A bill to authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (2003-09-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1442, A bill to authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (2003-09-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 25 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr1442 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108