In the Senate of the United States,

October 26 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4940) entitled ‘‘An Act to designate the museum

operated by the Secretary of Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the ‘American Museum of Science and Energy’,

and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF

2 SCIENCE AND ENERGY.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Museum—

4 (1) is designated as the ‘‘American Museum of

5 Science and Energy’’; and

6 (2) shall be the official museum of science and

7 energy of the United States.

8 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu9 lation, document, paper, or other record of the United
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1 States to the Museum is deemed to be a reference to the

2 ‘‘American Museum of Science and Energy’’.

3 (c) PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The name ‘‘American Mu5 seum of Science and Energy’’ is declared the property

6 of the United States.

7 (2) USE.—The Museum shall have the sole right

8 throughout the United States and its possessions to

9 have and use the name ‘‘American Museum of Science

10 and Energy’’.

11 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER RIGHTS.—This subsection

12 shall not be construed to conflict or interfere with es13 tablished or vested rights.

14 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY.

15 To carry out the activities of the Museum, the Sec16 retary may—

17 (1) accept and dispose of any gift, devise, or be18 quest of services or property, real or personal, that

19 is—

20 (A) designated in a written document by

21 the person making the gift, devise, or bequest as

22 intended for the Museum; and

23 (B) determined by the Secretary to be suit24 able and beneficial for use by the Museum;
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1 (2) operate a retail outlet on the premises of the

2 Museum for the purpose of selling or distributing

3 items (including mementos, food, educational mate4 rials, replicas, and literature) that are—

5 (A) relevant to the contents of the Museum;

6 and

7 (B) informative, educational, and tasteful;

8 (3) collect reasonable fees where feasible and ap9 propriate;

10 (4) exhibit, perform, display, and publish mate11 rials and information of or relating to the Museum

12 in any media or place;

13 (5) consistent with guidelines approved by the

14 Secretary, lease space on the premises of the Museum

15 at reasonable rates and for uses consistent with such

16 guidelines; and

17 (6) use the proceeds of activities authorized

18 under this section to pay the costs of the Museum.

19 SEC. 3. MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS.

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE VOLUNTEERS.—The Secretary

21 may recruit, train, and accept the services of individuals

22 or entities as volunteers for services or activities related to

23 the Museum.

24 (b) STATUS OF VOLUNTEERS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), service by a volunteer under subsection (a)

3 shall not be considered Federal employment.

4 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—

5 (A) FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.—For pur6 poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States

7 Code, a volunteer under subsection (a) shall be

8 treated as an employee of the Government (as de9 fined in section 2671 of that title).

10 (B) COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES.—

11 For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of

12 title 5, United States Code, a volunteer described

13 in subsection (a) shall be treated as an employee

14 (as defined in section 8101 of title 5, United

15 States Code).

16 (c) COMPENSATION.—A volunteer under subsection (a)

17 shall serve without pay, but may receive nominal awards

18 and reimbursement for incidental expenses, including ex19 penses for a uniform or transportation in furtherance of

20 Museum activities.

21 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

22 For purposes of this Act:

23 (1) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

24 museum operated by the Secretary of Energy and lo-
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1 cated at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge,

2 Tennessee.

3 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

4 the Secretary of Energy or a designated representative

5 of the Secretary.

Attest:

Secretary.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4940

AMENDMENT