,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bggc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #f1 #bjag,mr4  
,coffman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1
 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 and   
,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to sell
 ,pershing ,hall4  #a4 ,authorization of
 sale of ,pershing ,hall ,section #djc  
of the ,veterans' ,benefits ,programs   
,improvement ,act of #aiia 7,public ,law
 #ajb-hf2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #bdjj note7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7f7          
,authorization of sale  7#a7 ,the       
,secretary shall sell for fair market   
value ,pershing ,hall and transfer and  
convey to the purchaser all right1      
title1 and interest of the ,united      
,states in or to such property4 ,the    
,secretary shall determine fair market  
value based on an independent assessment

 conducted by a nongovernmental entity4 
,the ,secretary may only accept money as
 consideration for such sale4 ,as a     
condition of such sale1 the ,secretary  
shall require that the purchaser agree  
to preserve the architectural details of
 the exterior and interior of ,pershing 
,hall4  7#b7 ,on or before the date on  
which the ,secretary sells ,pershing    
,hall pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the   
,secretary shall transfer to the        
,american ,battle ,monuments ,commission
 any personal property 7including       
memorabilia regarding ,general ,pershing
 and the ,american ,expeditionary       
,forces in ,france during ,world ,war   
,i7 in the possession of the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs as of the date of
 the enactment of this subsection1      
regardless of the location of the       
property at the time of the transfer1   
that was located in ,pershing ,hall 7or 
otherwise associated with ,pershing     
,hall7 on the date on which the ,united 
,states acquired ,pershing ,hall        

pursuant to the ,act of ,june #bh1 #aice
 7,chapter #cbc2 #di ,stat4 #dbf74  7#c7
 ,the funds received by the ,secretary  
pursuant to the sale of ,pershing ,hall 
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be           
transferred to the ,american ,battle    
,monuments ,commission and be made      
available1 subject to appropriation and 
without fiscal year limitation1 for     
maintaining cemeteries1 monuments1 and  
memorials under the jurisdiction of the 
,commission4  7#d7  7,a7 ,effective on  
the day after the date of the sale of   
,pershing ,hall authorized under        
paragraph 7#a71 the authority of the    
,secretary to carry out subsections 7a71
 7b71 7c71 and 7e7 shall terminate      
except for purposes of carrying out     
paragraph 7#b7 of this subsection4  7,b7
 ,effective on the date that is one year
 after the date of the sale of ,pershing
 ,hall authorized under paragraph 7#a71 
the ,pershing ,hall ,revolving ,fund    
shall be abolished and the corpus of the
 fund1 including accrued interest1 shall

 be transferred to the ,american ,battle
 ,monuments ,commission and be made     
available1 subject to appropriation and 
without fiscal year limitation1 for     
maintaining cemeteries1 monuments1 and  
memorials under the jurisdiction of the 
,commission4  7#e7 ,not later than #ahj 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection1 and each #ahj-;day     
period thereafter until the date on     
which the ,secretary sells ,pershing    
,hall pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the   
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report on the implementation  
of this subsection4 ,not later than #cj 
days after the date of such sale1 the   
,secretary shall submit to such         
committees a final report on the        
implementation of this subsection4  4