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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2195

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 16, 2003

Received 

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 sec22 tion—

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: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.