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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8590 

To provide for additional space and resources for the protection and preservation of national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution and 

the National Gallery of Art. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 13, 2020 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for additional space and resources for the protection and preservation of national collections held by the 

Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. 

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 ‘‘Smithsonian and Na5 tional Gallery of Art Collections Space Authorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA2 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH3 SONIAN INSTITUTION AND BY THE NATIONAL 

4 GALLERY OF ART. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 94–98 (20 U.S.C. 50 

6 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NA9 TIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE SMITH10 SONIAN INSTITUTION AND BY THE NATIONAL 

11 GALLERY OF ART. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Regents of the 

13 Smithsonian Institution and the Board of Trustees of the 

14 National Gallery of Art may plan, design, construct, oper15 ate, and use a collections storage space at the museum 

16 support facility of the Smithsonian Institution in Suitland, 

17 Maryland, to accommodate the care, preservation, con18 servation, storage, and study of national collections held 

19 in trust by the Smithsonian Institution and the National 

20 Gallery of Art. 

21 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS.—The Board of Regents of the 

22 Smithsonian Institution and the Board of Trustees of the 

23 National Gallery of Art shall carry out this section in ac24 cordance with agreements entered into by their respective 

25 institutions which set forth the respective roles, rights, 

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1 cluding responsibilities with respect to costs, and their re2 spective institutions are hereby authorized to enter into 

3 such agreements of any duration or term that the Boards 

4 determine necessary to carry out this section. 

5 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.—There are 

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Board of Re8 gents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out 

9 this section— 

10 ‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

11 ‘‘(B) $7,600,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

12 ‘‘(C) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

13 ‘‘(D) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(E) $4,290,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

16 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.—There are 

17 authorized to be appropriated to the Board of Trust18 ees of the National Gallery of Art to carry out this 

19 section— 

20 ‘‘(A) $1,510,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

21 ‘‘(B) $11,460,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

22 ‘‘(C) $14,210,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

23 ‘‘(D) $13,090,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of Public 

25 Law 94–98 (20 U.S.C. 50 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘(other than section 4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(other 

2 than sections 4 and 5)’’. 

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