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Union Calendar No. 17 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 

[Report No. 117–32] 

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 

MAY 12, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BEYER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. WEXTON, 

Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. BUSTOS, and Mr. WITTMAN

MAY 12, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the Museum and Library Services Act of 

9 2003 (Public Law 108–81) designated the Capital 

10 Children’s Museum, the predecessor to the National 

11 Children’s Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Mu12 seum’’; 

13 (2) the National Children’s Museum operates 

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

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

16 District of Columbia; 

17 (3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu18 seum is to inspire children to care about and change 

19 the world; and 

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

21 in the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and 

22 International Trade Center. 

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

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

25 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 

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

3 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 

4 of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agree5 ment with the National Children’s Museum for the oper6 ation of the National Children’s Museum in the approxi7 mately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as 

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

9 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 

10 for the duration of the retail space license agreement be11 tween Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a 

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

13 2017, including any exercised renewal options. 

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

15 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 

16 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen17 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 

18 Space, the General Services Administration to pro19 vide rent for the Space; and 

20 ‘‘(2) terminate such agreement if— 

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

22 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec23 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

24 1986; and 

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

26 as a children’s museum; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring 

2 the interest in such agreement. 

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

4 the Administrator shall use funds derived from— 

5 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 

6 Corporation fund; or 

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

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

9 subsection (a) shall require the National Children’s Mu10 seum to submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

11 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen13 ate an annual report on the operations and finances of 

14 the Museum.’’. 

15 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap16 ter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add17 ing at the end the following: 

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


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Union Calendar No. 17 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 

[Report No. 117–32] 

A BILL 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require 

Trade Center, and for other purposes. the Ronald Reagan Building and International dren’s Museum rental space without charge in Children’s Museum to provide the National Chilinto a cooperative agreement with the National the Administrator of General Services to enter 

MAY 12, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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