S. 3989 

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 United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to modify 

certain membership and other requirements of the United States 

Semiquincentennial Commission, 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 ‘‘United States Semiquincentennial 

Commission Amendments Act of 2020’’. 

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—Section 4 of the United 

States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 

114–196; 130 Stat. 685) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (I) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(I) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for 

the Arts. 

‘‘(J) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

‘‘(K) The Director of the Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

‘‘(L)(i) The Chief Justice of the United States; or 

‘‘(ii) an Associate Justice or former Associate Justice 

appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.’’; 

(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) REMOVAL OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PRIVATE CITIZENS.— 

Following notice and approval of the relevant appointing 

authority, on an affirmative vote of not less than 2⁄3 of the 

members of the Commission, the Commission may remove a 

member of the Commission appointed under subsection (b)(3).’’; 

and 

(3) in subsection (d)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘All meetings’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) LOCATION OF FIRST MEETING.—The first meeting’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) LOCATION OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—At least 1 

meeting of the Commission each year shall be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.’’. 

(b) DUTIES.—Section 5(c)(1) of the United States 

Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 

130 Stat. 687) is amended by striking ‘‘2 years after the date 

of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2020’’. 
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(c) COORDINATION.—Section 6(b) of the United States 

Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 

130 Stat. 689) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘presiding officer of 

the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, 

the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 

Services’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

(A), by inserting ‘‘and other’’ after ‘‘founding’’. 

(d) EXPENDITURES OF COMMISSION.—Section 9 of the United 

States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 

114–196; 130 Stat. 691) is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All expenditures of the Commission shall 

be made from donations, earned income, and any funds made available to carry out this Act under subsection (f).’’; 

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Once each year during 

the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Annually during the period beginning 1 year 

after the Commission submits the report to the President under 

section 5(c)(1)’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS.—The Commission 

shall have the exclusive right to use, and to allow others to use, 

the official marks, imprimaturs, and logos of the Commission. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 

Act.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.