,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bbf #aacth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ccj 
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,october #cj1 #bjac,received2 
read twice and placed on the calendar   
,,an ,,act  ,to designate a             
,distinguished ,flying ,cross ,national 
,memorial at the ,march ,field ,air     
,museum in ,riverside1 ,california4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,distinguished ,flying ,cross      
,national ,memorial ,act4  #b4          
,designation of ,distinguished ,flying  
,cross ,national ,memorial in           
,riverside1 ,california  7a7 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the
 most reliable statistics regarding the 
number of members of the ,armed ,forces 
who have been awarded the ,distinguished
 ,flying ,cross indicate that #abf1cah  
members of the ,armed ,forces received  
the medal during ,world ,war ,,ii1      
approximately #ba1jjj members received  
the medal during the ,korean conflict1  
and #ba1fdg members received the medal  

during the ,vietnam ,war4 ,since the end
 of the ,vietnam ,war1 more than #bjc   
,armed ,forces members have received the
 medal in times of conflict4  7#b7 ,the 
,national ,personnel ,records ,center in
 ,st4 ,louis1 ,missouri1 burned down in 
#aigc1 and thus many more recipients of 
the ,distinguished ,flying ,cross may be
 undocumented4 ,currently1 the          
,department of ,defense continues to    
locate and identify members of the      
,armed ,forces who have received the    
medal and are undocumented4  7#c7 ,the  
,united ,states currently lacks a       
national memorial dedicated to the      
bravery and sacrifice of those members  
of the ,armed ,forces who have          
distinguished themselves by heroic deeds
 performed in aerial flight4  7#d7 ,an  
appropriate memorial to current and     
former members of the ,armed ,forces is 
under construction at ,march ,field ,air
 ,museum in ,riverside1 ,california4    
7#e7 ,this memorial will honor all those
 members of the ,armed ,forces who have 

distinguished themselves in aerial      
flight1 whether documentation of such   
members who earned the ,distinguished   
,flying ,cross exists or not4  7b7      
,designation ,the memorial to members of
 the ,armed ,forces who have been       
awarded the ,distinguished ,flying      
,cross1 located at ,march ,field ,air   
,museum in ,riverside1 ,california1 is  
hereby designated as the ,distinguished 
,flying ,cross ,national ,memorial4  7c7
 ,effect of designation ,the national   
memorial designated by this section is  
not a unit of the ,national ,park       
,system1 and the designation of the     
national memorial shall not be construed
 to require or permit ,federal funds to 
be expended for any purpose related to  
the national memorial4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,october #bi1
 #bjac4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk  ,october
 #cj1 #bjac,received2 read twice and    
placed on the calendar