,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eagc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1       
#bjai,mr4 ,veasey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,wright1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,curtis1   
,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,granger1 ,ms4
 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,gooden1 ,mr4 ,graves  
of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4        
,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4             
,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,allred1 and ,mr4 ,olson7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,national ,medal of ,honor
 ,museum ,foundation to establish a     
commemorative work in the ,district of  
,columbia or its environs1 and for other

 purposes4  #a4 ,authorization to       
establish commemorative work  7a7 ,in   
general ,the ,national ,medal of ,honor 
,museum ,foundation may establish a     
commemorative work on ,federal land in  
the ,district of ,columbia and its      
environs to honor members of the ,armed 
,forces who received the ,medal of      
,honor4  7b7 ,compliance with standards 
for commemorative works ,the            
establishment of the commemorative work 
under this section shall be in          
accordance with chapter #hi of title    
#dj1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
known as the ,commemorative ,works      
,act74  7c7 ,prohibition on the use of  
federal funds  7#a7 ,in general ,federal
 funds may not be used to pay any       
expense of the establishment of the     
commemorative work under this section4  
7#b7 ,responsibility of the national    
medal of honor museum foundation ,the   
,national ,medal of ,honor ,museum      
,foundation shall be solely responsible 
for acceptance of contributions for1 and

 payment of the expenses of1 the        
establishment of the commemorative work 
under this section4  7d7 ,deposit of    
excess funds  7#a7 ,in general ,if upon 
payment of all expenses for the         
establishment of the commemorative work 
under this section 7including the       
maintenance and preservation amount     
required by section #hijf7;b77#a7 of    
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code71 there
 remains a balance of funds received for
 the establishment of the commemorative 
work1 the ,national ,medal of ,honor    
,museum ,foundation shall transmit the  
amount of the balance to the ,secretary 
of the ,interior for deposit in the     
account provided for in section         
#hijf7;b77#c7 of title #dj1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,on expiration of  
authority ,if upon expiration of the    
authority for the commemorative work    
under section #hijc7;e7 of title #dj1   
,united ,states ,code1 there remains a  
balance of funds received for the       
establishment of the commemorative work1

 the ,national ,medal of ,honor ,museum 
,foundation shall transmit the amount of
 the balance to a separate account with 
the ,national ,park ,foundation for     
memorials1 to be available to the       
,secretary of the ,interior or          
,administrator 7as appropriate7         
following the process provided in       
section #hijf7;b77#d7 of title #dj1     
,united ,states ,code1 for accounts     
established under #hijf7;b77#b7 or 7#c7 
of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code4    
#b4 ,designation  7a7 ,in general ,the  
national museum to honor ,medal of      
,honor recipients to be located in      
,arlington1 ,texas1 shall1 upon         
completion1 be known and designated as  
the ,national ,medal of ,honor ,museum4 
7b7 ,effect of designation ,the national
 museum designated by this section shall
 not be a unit of the ,national ,park   
,system and the designation of the      
,national ,medal of ,honor ,museum shall
 not require or authorize ,federal funds
 to be expended for any purpose related 

to that national museum4