Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

#327 | S Congress #116

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-205. (12/3/2020)

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[S. 327 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.327

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a 
   lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-
                          connected disability.

    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) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6804(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following:
        ``(2) Disability discount.--The Secretary shall make the 
    National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, 
    without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to the 
    following:
            ``(A) Any United States citizen or person domiciled in the 
        United States who has been medically determined to be 
        permanently disabled, within the meaning of the term 
        `disability' under section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102), if the citizen or person 
        provides adequate proof of the disability and such citizenship 
        or residency.
            ``(B) Any veteran who has been found to have a service-
        connected disability under title 38, United States Code.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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