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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-243
GOLD STAR FAMILIES NATIONAL MONUMENT EXTENSION
ACT
OCTOBER 18, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2819]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2819) to extend the authority for the establishment of a
commemorative work in honor of Gold Star Families, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Families National Monument Extension
Act.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE WORK.
Notwithstanding section 8903(e) of title 40, United Sates Code, the authority pro-
vided by section 2859 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2013 (division B of Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 2164; 40 U.S.C. 8903 note) shall
continue to apply through January 2, 2024.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2819 is to extend the authority for the estab-
lishment of a commemorative work in honor of Gold Star Families,
and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 2819 extends the authorization for the establishment of the
Commemorative Work to Gold Star Mothers, originally authorized
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