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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 830 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

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) section 502 of the Museum and Library 

4 Services Act of 2003 (20 U.S.C. 956a note; Public 

5 Law 108–81) designated the Capital Children’s Mu6 seum, the predecessor to the National Children’s 

7 Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Museum’’; 

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.—Subchapter 

19 III of chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 

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

23 date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of 

24 General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement 

25 with the National Children’s Museum (referred to in this 

26 section as the ‘Museum’) for the operation of the Museum 


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1 in the approximately 32,369 square feet of space com2 monly known as suite C–001 (referred to in this section 

3 as the ‘Space’) of the Ronald Reagan Building and Inter4 national Trade Center for the duration of the retail space 

5 license agreement between Trade Center Management As6 sociates, LLC, or a successor entity, and the Museum, 

7 dated December 4, 2017, including any exercised renewal 

8 options. 

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

10 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 

11 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen12 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 

13 Space, the General Services Administration to pro14 vide rent for the Space; and 

15 ‘‘(2) terminate the agreement if— 

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

17 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec18 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

19 1986; and 

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

21 as a children’s museum; and 

22 ‘‘(3) prohibit the Museum from transferring the 

23 interest in the agreement. 


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

2 the Administrator of General Services shall use funds de3 rived from— 

4 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 

5 Corporation fund; or 

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

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

8 subsection (a) shall require the Museum to submit to the 

9 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ11 ment and Public Works of the Senate an annual report 

12 on the operations and finances of the Museum.’’. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub14 chapter III of chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, 

15 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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