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108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2195

To provide for additional space and resources for national collections held

by the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 2003

Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

A BILL

To provide for additional space and resources for national

collections held by the Smithsonian Institution, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smithsonian Facilities

5 Authorization Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA2 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH3 SONIAN INSTITUTION.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 94–98 (20 U.S.C. 50

5 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended by adding at the end the

6 following:

7 ‘‘SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA8 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH9 SONIAN INSTITUTION.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Regents of the

11 Smithsonian Institution may plan, design, construct, and

12 equip additional special use storage and laboratory space

13 at the museum support facility of the Smithsonian Institu14 tion in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care,

15 preservation, conservation, deposit, and study of national

16 collections held in trust by the Institution.

17 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

18 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

19 section—

20 ‘‘(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

21 ‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

22 ‘‘(3) such sums as are necessary for each of fis23 cal years 2005 through 2008.’’.

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of Public

25 Law 94–98 (20 U.S.C. 50 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended
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1 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the purposes of this

2 Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act (other than section 4).’’.

3 SEC. 3. PATENT OFFICE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Regents of the

6 Smithsonian Institution may plan, design, and con7 struct improvements to the interior and exterior of

8 the Patent Office Building (including the construc9 tion of a roof covering for the courtyard), using

10 funds available to the Institution from non11 appropriated sources.

12 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term

13 ‘‘Patent Office Building’’ means the building trans14 ferred to the Smithsonian Institution pursuant to

15 Public Law 85–357.

16 (b) DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The design and

17 specifications for any exterior alterations authorized by

18 subsection (a) shall be—

19 (1) submitted by the Secretary of the Smithso20 nian Institution (referred to in this section as the

21 ‘‘Secretary’’) to the Commission of Fine Arts for

22 comments and recommendations; and

23 (2) subject to the review and approval of the

24 National Capital Planning Commission in accord25 ance with section 8722 of title 40, United States
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1 Code, and section 16 of the Act of June 20, 1938

2 (sec. 6–641.15, D.C. Official Code).

3 (c) AUTHORITY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGEN4 CIES.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

6 (A) take into account the effect of the im7 provements authorized by subsection (a) on the

8 historic character of the Patent Office Building;

9 and

10 (B) provide the Advisory Council on His11 toric Preservation a reasonable opportunity to

12 comment with regard to such improvements.

13 (2) STATUS OF SMITHSONIAN.—In carrying out

14 this subsection, and in carrying out other projects in

15 the District of Columbia which are subject to the re16 view and approval of the National Capital Planning

17 Commission in accordance with section 16 of the Act

18 of June 20, 1938 (sec. 6–641.15, D.C. Official

19 Code), the Smithsonian Institution shall be deemed

20 to be an agency for purposes of compliance with reg21 ulations promulgated by the Advisory Council on

22 Historic Preservation pursuant to section 106 of the

23 National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.

24 470f).
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1 SEC. 4. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Smithsonian

3 Institution may—

4 (1) enter into multi-year contracts for the ac5 quisition of property and services under the author6 ity of section 304B of the Federal Property and Ad7 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c);

8 and

9 (2) enter into contracts for the acquisition of

10 severable services for a period that begins in one fis11 cal year and ends in the next fiscal year under the

12 authority of section 303L of the Federal Property

13 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.

14 253l).

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to

16 contracts entered into on or after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act.

18 SEC. 5. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

19 The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may es20 tablish a program for making voluntary separation incen21 tive payments for employees of the Smithsonian Institu22 tion which is substantially similar to the program estab23 lished under subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United

24 States Code (as added by section 1313(a) of the Home25 land Security Act of 2002).
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1 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING JAZZ APPRECIA2 TION MONTH.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

4 (1) On December 4, 1987, Congress approved

5 House Concurrent Resolution 57, designating jazz

6 as ‘‘a rare and valuable national American treas7 ure’’.

8 (2) Jazz has inspired some of the Nation’s lead9 ing creative artists and ranks as one of the greatest

10 cultural exports of the United States.

11 (3) Jazz is an original American art form which

12 has inspired dancers, choreographers, poets, novel13 ists, filmmakers, classical composers, and musicians

14 in many other kinds of music.

15 (4) Jazz has become an international language

16 that bridges cultural differences and brings people of

17 all races, ages, and backgrounds together.

18 (5) The jazz heritage of the United States

19 should be appreciated as broadly as possible and

20 should be part of the educational curriculum for

21 children in the United States.

22 (6) The Smithsonian Institution has played a

23 vital role in the preservation of American culture, in24 cluding art and music.

25 (7) The Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu26 seum of American History has established April as
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1 Jazz Appreciation Month to pay tribute to jazz as

2 both a historic and living American art form.

3 (8) The Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu4 seum of American History has received great con5 tributions toward this effort from other govern6 mental agencies and cultural organizations.

7 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that—

9 (1) the Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu10 seum of American History should be commended for

11 establishing a Jazz Appreciation Month; and

12 (2) musicians, schools, colleges, libraries, con13 cert halls, museums, radio and television stations,

14 and other organizations should develop programs to

15 explore, perpetuate, and honor jazz as a national

16 and world treasure.

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