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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3553

To provide for a competition to select the architectural plans for a museum

to be built on the East Saint Louis portion of the Jefferson National

Expansion Memorial, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 19, 1993

Mr. COSTELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for a competition to select the architectural plans

for a museum to be built on the East Saint Louis portion

of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 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 ‘‘East Saint Louis Jef5 ferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Design

6 Competition Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION.

8 (a) COMMISSION.—
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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a

2 commission to be composed of 7 members appointed

3 by the Secretary of the Interior, of whom—

4 (A) two shall be selected from among per5 sons who represent the Saint Louis, Missouri,

6 community;

7 (B) two shall be selected from among per8 sons who represent the East Saint Louis, Illi9 nois, community;

10 (C) two shall be selected from among per11 sons who represent the Department of the Inte12 rior; and

13 (D) one shall be selected from among dis14 interested persons who are experts in the area

15 of architectural design, and who shall serve as

16 the professional advisor to the Commission.

17 (2) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Sec18 retary shall appoint the members of the commission

19 not later than 90 days after the date of enactment

20 of this Act.

21 (3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for

22 the life of the commission.

23 (4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the commis24 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in

25 the same manner as the original appointment.
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1 (5) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—

2 The commission shall select a Chairperson and Vice

3 Chairperson from among the members of the com4 mission.

5 (6) MEETINGS.—

6 (A) INITIAL MEETING.—The Secretary

7 shall schedule and call the first meeting not

8 later than 30 days after the date on which all

9 members of the commission have been ap10 pointed.

11 (B) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—The com12 mission shall meet at the call of the Chair13 person.

14 (7) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of

15 the commission shall serve without compensation,

16 except that members shall be allowed travel ex17 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at

18 rates authorized for employees of agencies under

19 subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States

20 Code, while away from their homes or regular places

21 of business in the performance of services for the

22 commission.

23 (8) STAFF.—

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the

25 commission may, without regard to the civil
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1 service laws and regulations, appoint and termi2 nate an executive director and such other addi3 tional personnel as may be necessary to enable

4 the commission to perform its duties. The em5 ployment of an executive director shall be sub6 ject to confirmation by the commission.

7 (B) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson

8 may fix the compensation of the executive direc9 tor and other personnel without regard to the

10 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of

11 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relat12 ing to classification of positions and General

13 Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay

14 for the executive director and other personnel

15 may not exceed the rate payable for level V of

16 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of

17 such title.

18 (9) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—

19 Any Federal Government employee may be detailed

20 to the commission without reimbursement, and such

21 detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil

22 service status or privilege.

23 (10) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND

24 INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The Chairperson may

25 procure temporary and intermittent services under
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1 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at

2 rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily

3 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed

4 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section

5 5316 of such title.

6 (11) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—

7 (A) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN8 CIES.—The commission may secure directly

9 from any Federal department or agency such

10 information as the commission considers nec11 essary to carry out this Act. Upon request of

12 the Chairperson, the head of such department

13 or agency shall furnish such information to the

14 commission.

15 (B) POSTAL SERVICES.—The commission

16 may use the United States mails in the same

17 manner and under the same conditions as other

18 departments and agencies of the Federal Gov19 ernment.

20 (C) GIFTS.—The commission may accept,

21 use, and dispose of gifts or donations of serv22 ices or property.

23 (b) ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION.—The commis24 sion shall conduct an architectural competition to solicit

25 design proposals for a museum to be built on the East
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1 Saint Louis portion of the Jefferson National Expansion

2 Memorial. The member of the Commission appointed pur3 suant to subsection (a)(1)(D) shall organize, manage, and

4 direct the competition, identify potential jurors, and ap5 point jurors, with the approval of the commission.

6 (c) STUDY.—The commission shall conduct a study

7 into possible funding mechanisms for the development,

8 construction, and maintenance of the museum identified

9 in subsection (b).

10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the

11 date of enactment of this Act, the commission shall submit

12 a report, with recommendations, to the President and

13 Congress. The report shall contain a detailed statement

14 of the findings and conclusions of the commission with re15 spect to the museum and possible funding mechanisms.

16 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There are authorized to be appropriated $300,000 to

18 carry out this Act.

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