108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2195

AN ACT

To provide for additional space and resources for

national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2195

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Authorization Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA5 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH6 SONIAN INSTITUTION.

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

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

9 following:

10 ‘‘SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA11 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH12 SONIAN INSTITUTION.

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

14 Smithsonian Institution may plan, design, construct, and

15 equip additional special use storage and laboratory space

16 at the museum support facility of the Smithsonian Institu17 tion in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care,

18 preservation, conservation, deposit, and study of national

19 collections held in trust by the Institution.

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

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

22 section—

23 ‘‘(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

24 ‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

25 ‘‘(3) such sums as are necessary for each of fis26 cal years 2005 through 2008.’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of Public

2 Law 94–98 (20 U.S.C. 50 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended

3 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the purposes of this

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

5 SEC. 3. PATENT OFFICE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS.—

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

8 Smithsonian Institution may plan, design, and con9 struct improvements to the interior and exterior of

10 the Patent Office Building (including the construc11 tion of a roof covering for the courtyard), using

12 funds available to the Institution from non13 appropriated sources.

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

15 ‘‘Patent Office Building’’ means the building trans16 ferred to the Smithsonian Institution pursuant to

17 Public Law 85–357.

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

19 specifications for any exterior alterations authorized by

20 subsection (a) shall be—

21 (1) submitted by the Secretary of the Smithso22 nian Institution (referred to in this section as the

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

24 comments and recommendations; and
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1 (2) subject to the review and approval of the

2 National Capital Planning Commission in accord3 ance with section 8722 of title 40, United States

4 Code, and section 16 of the Act of June 20, 1938

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

6 (c) AUTHORITY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGEN7 CIES.—

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

9 (A) take into account the effect of the im10 provements authorized by subsection (a) on the

11 historic character of the Patent Office Building;

12 and

13 (B) provide the Advisory Council on His14 toric Preservation a reasonable opportunity to

15 comment with regard to such improvements.

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

17 this subsection, and in carrying out other projects in

18 the District of Columbia which are subject to the re19 view and approval of the National Capital Planning

20 Commission in accordance with section 16 of the Act

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

22 Code), the Smithsonian Institution shall be deemed

23 to be an agency for purposes of compliance with reg24 ulations promulgated by the Advisory Council on

25 Historic Preservation pursuant to section 106 of the
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1 National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.

2 470f).

3 SEC. 4. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

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

5 Institution may—

6 (1) enter into multi-year contracts for the ac7 quisition of property and services under the author8 ity of section 304B of the Federal Property and Ad9 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c);

10 and

11 (2) enter into contracts for the acquisition of

12 severable services for a period that begins in one fis13 cal year and ends in the next fiscal year under the

14 authority of section 303L of the Federal Property

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

16 253l).

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

18 contracts entered into on or after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act.

20 SEC. 5. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

21 The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may es22 tablish a program for making voluntary separation incen23 tive payments for employees of the Smithsonian Institu24 tion which is substantially similar to the program estab25 lished under subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United
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1 States Code (as added by section 1313(a) of the Home2 land Security Act of 2002).

3 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING JAZZ APPRECIA4 TION MONTH.

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

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

7 House Concurrent Resolution 57, designating jazz

8 as ‘‘a rare and valuable national American treas9 ure’’.

10 (2) Jazz has inspired some of the Nation’s lead11 ing creative artists and ranks as one of the greatest

12 cultural exports of the United States.

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

14 has inspired dancers, choreographers, poets, novel15 ists, filmmakers, classical composers, and musicians

16 in many other kinds of music.

17 (4) Jazz has become an international language

18 that bridges cultural differences and brings people of

19 all races, ages, and backgrounds together.

20 (5) The jazz heritage of the United States

21 should be appreciated as broadly as possible and

22 should be part of the educational curriculum for

23 children in the United States.
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1 (6) The Smithsonian Institution has played a

2 vital role in the preservation of American culture, in3 cluding art and music.

4 (7) The Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu5 seum of American History has established April as

6 Jazz Appreciation Month to pay tribute to jazz as

7 both a historic and living American art form.

8 (8) The Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu9 seum of American History has received great con10 tributions toward this effort from other govern11 mental agencies and cultural organizations.

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that—

14 (1) the Smithsonian Institution’s National Mu15 seum of American History should be commended for

16 establishing a Jazz Appreciation Month; and

17 (2) musicians, schools, colleges, libraries, con18 cert halls, museums, radio and television stations,

19 and other organizations should develop programs to
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1 explore, perpetuate, and honor jazz as a national

2 and world treasure.

Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2003.

Attest:

Clerk.