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 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: (1) to any veteran with a service-connected disability, and (2) for the lifetime of the passholder.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2298 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2298

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2014

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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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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