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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 943

To authorize the Administrator of General Services to restore, preserve,

and operate the LBJ Presidential Office Suite in Austin, Texas.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 3, 1999

Mrs. HUTCHISON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To authorize the Administrator of General Services to restore, preserve, and operate the LBJ Presidential Office

Suite in Austin, Texas.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PRESERVATION OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

4 PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SUITE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General

6 Services shall restore, preserve, and operate, as historic

7 property, the 2,137 square feet of office and related space

8 in the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street

9 in Austin, Texas, that was used by President Lyndon

10 Baines Johnson as a private office and is commonly known
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1 as the ‘‘LBJ Presidential Office Suite’’ (referred to in this

2 section as the ‘‘Suite’’).

3 (b) RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF SUITE.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

5 provision of law, in carrying out the restoration and

6 preservation of the Suite, the Administrator shall

7 make every reasonable effort to preserve the histor8 ical character of the Suite—

9 (A) by restoring the Suite to a condition

10 resembling its condition during the Presidency

11 of Lyndon Baines Johnson; and

12 (B) by preserving and operating the Suite

13 as a memorial to the Johnson Presidency.

14 (2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para15 graph (1), the Administrator—

16 (A) may consult with the Archivist of the

17 United States; and

18 (B) shall consult with the State Historic

19 Preservation Officer in accordance with the Na20 tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470

21 et seq.).

22 (c) OPERATION OF SUITE.—The Administrator

23 may—

24 (1) operate the Suite as joint-use space in a

25 condition as described in this section;
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1 (2) make the Suite available, or lease at such

2 rates and on such other terms and conditions as the

3 Administrator determines to be appropriate, to per4 sons, firms, or organizations engaged in commercial

5 activities, cultural activities, educational activities, or

6 recreational activities (as those terms are defined in

7 section 105 of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use

8 Act of 1976 (40 U.S.C. 612a)) for use as a public

9 conference facility and ceremonial meeting place;

10 and

11 (3) provide suitable technological and con12 ference equipment for use by users of the Suite.

13 (d) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.—In accordance with sec14 tion 404 of the Public Buildings Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

15 298a), the Administrator may accept gifts of real, per16 sonal, or other property for the purposes of restoring, pre17 serving, and operating the Suite under this section.

18 (e) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may de20 posit any amounts or proceeds received under sub21 sections (c) and (d) in the Federal Buildings Fund

22 established by section 210(f) of the Federal Property

23 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

24 490(f)).
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1 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts deposited

2 under paragraph (1), the Administrator may expend

3 such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

4 (f) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to otherwise

5 available funds, there are appropriated to the Federal

6 Buildings Fund such sums as are necessary for the res7 toration, preservation, and operation of the Suite in ac8 cordance with this section.

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