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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 

General Services to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National 

Children’s Museum to provide the National Children’s Museum rental 

space without charge in the Ronald Reagan Building and International 

Trade Center, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2021 

Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children’s Museum to 

provide the National Children’s Museum rental space 

without charge in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 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 ‘‘National Children’s 

5 Museum Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

3 (1) the Museum and Library Services Act of 

4 2003 (Public Law 108–81) designated the Capital 

5 Children’s Museum, the predecessor to the National 

6 Children’s Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Mu7 seum’’; 

8 (2) the National Children’s Museum operates 

9 under section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

10 Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the 

11 District of Columbia; 

12 (3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu13 seum is to inspire children to care about and change 

14 the world; and 

15 (4) the National Children’s Museum is located 

16 in the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and 

17 International Trade Center. 

18 (b) NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM.—Chapter 67 

19 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 30 days after 

23 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 

24 of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agree25 ment with the National Children’s Museum for the oper26 ation of the National Children’s Museum in the approxiVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:56 Apr 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1703.IH H1703

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1 mately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as 

2 suite C–001 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Space’) of the 

3 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 

4 for the duration of the retail space license agreement be5 tween Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a 

6 successor entity, and the Museum, dated December 4, 

7 2017, including any exercised renewal options. 

8 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The cooperative agreement under 

9 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 

10 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen11 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 

12 Space, the General Services Administration to pro13 vide rent for the Space; and 

14 ‘‘(2) terminate such agreement if— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Museum does not continue to 

16 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec17 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Museum no longer uses the Space 

20 as a children’s museum; and 

21 ‘‘(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring 

22 the interest in such agreement. 

23 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 

24 the Administrator shall use funds derived from— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 

2 Corporation fund; or 

3 ‘‘(2) the International Trade Center fund. 

4 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The cooperative agreement under 

5 subsection (a) shall require the National Children’s Mu6 seum to submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

7 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen9 ate an annual report on the operations and finances of 

10 the Museum.’’. 

11 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap12 ter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add13 ing at the end the following: 

‘‘6735. National Children’s Museum.’’. 

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