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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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117TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 117-105
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
ALEXANDER LOFGREN VETERANS IN PARKS (VIP) ACT
JULY 26, 2021.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4300]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4300) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make free
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks Act or the
VIP Act.
SEC. 2. RECREATION PASSES.
Section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (Public Law 108-
447; 118 Stat. 3385; 16 U.S.C. 6804) is amended-
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking age and disability discounted and insert-
ing age discount and lifetime; and
(2) in subsection (b)-
(A) in the heading, by striking DISCOUNTED and inserting FREE AND
DISCOUNTED;
(B) in paragraph (2)-
(i) in the heading, by striking DISABILITY DISCOUNT and inserting
LIFETIME PASSES; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
(B) Any veteran who provides adequate proof of military service as de-
termined by the Secretary.
(C) Any member of a Gold Star Family who meets the eligibility require-
ments of section 3.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 1348.36 (or a suc-
cessor instruction).; and
(C) in paragraph (3)-
(i) in the heading, by striking GOLD STAR FAMILIES PARKS PASS and
inserting ANNUAL PASSES; and
(ii) by striking members of' and all that follows through the end of
the sentence and inserting members of the Armed Forces and their de-
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