Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Wounded Veterans Recreation Act - Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3976 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3976

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2014

Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Horsford, 
 Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Honda, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
Benishek, Ms. Chu, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walz, Mr. Johnson 
    of Georgia, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
  Garamendi, Mr. Takano, and Mr. Kind) 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

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Veterans Recreation Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL PASSES FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

    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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