Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

H.R. 1622 · 115th Congress · Mar 17, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected disability, and for other purposes.

This Act may be cited as the “Wounded Veterans Recreation Act”.

Section 805(b)(2) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(b)(2)) is amended as follows:

(1)

By inserting “and for the lifetime of the passholder” after “without charge”.

(2)

By striking “charge, to” and inserting “charge, to the following:”.

(3)

By striking “any United States” and inserting the following:

“(A) Any United States”

(4)

By inserting after “residency.” the following:

“(B) Any veteran with a service-connected disability, as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.”

(5)

By striking the last sentence.

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Mar 17, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walz, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Takano, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned