Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

This bill 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 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1622 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1622

 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

                             March 17, 2017

    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

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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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