106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1727

AN ACT

To authorize funding for the expansion annex of the historic

Palace of the Governors, a public history museum located, and relating to the history of Hispanic and Native

American culture, in the Southwest 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 ‘‘Palace of the Gov5 ernors Annex Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS

2 ANNEX, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

4 (1) the United States has a rich legacy of His5 panic influence in politics, government, economic de6 velopment, and cultural expression;

7 (2) the Palace of the Governors—

8 (A) has been the center of administrative

9 and cultural activity over a vast region of the

10 Southwest since its construction as New Mexi11 co’s second capitol in Santa Fe by Governor

12 Pedro de Peralta in 1610;

13 (B) is the oldest continuously occupied

14 public building in the continental United States,

15 having been occupied for 390 years; and

16 (C) has been designated as a National His17 toric Landmark;

18 (3) since its creation, the Museum of New Mex19 ico has worked to protect and promote South20 western, Hispanic, and Native American arts and

21 crafts;

22 (4) the Palace of the Governors houses the his23 tory division of the Museum of New Mexico;

24 (5) the Museum has an extensive, priceless, and

25 irreplaceable collection of—
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1 (A) Spanish Colonial paintings (including

2 the Segesser Hide Paintings, paintings on buf3 falo hide dating back to 1706);

4 (B) pre-Columbian Art; and

5 (C) historic artifacts, including—

6 (i) helmets and armor worn by the

Don Juan de On ̃ 7 ate expedition conquis8 tadors who established the first capital in

9 the territory that is now the United States,

10 San Juan de los Caballeros, in July 1598;

11 (ii) the Vara Stick used to measure

12 land grants and other real property bound13 aries in Dona Ana County, New Mexico;

14 (iii) the Columbus, New Mexico Rail15 way Station clock that was shot, stopping

16 the pendulum, freezing for all history the

17 moment when Pancho Villa’s raid began;

18 (iv) the field desk of Brigadier Gen19 eral Stephen Watts Kearny, who was post20 ed to New Mexico during the Mexican War

21 and whose Army of the West traveled the

22 Santa Fe trail to occupy the territories of

23 New Mexico and California; and
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1 (v) more than 800,000 other historic

2 photographs, guns, costumes, maps, books,

3 and handicrafts;

4 (6) the Palace of the Governors and its con5 tents are included in the Mary C. Skaggs Centennial

6 Collection of America’s Treasures;

7 (7) the Palace of the Governors and the

8 Segesser Hide paintings have been declared national

9 treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preser10 vation; and

11 (8) time is of the essence in the construction of

12 an annex to the Palace of the Governors for the ex13 hibition and storing of the collection described in

14 paragraph (5), because—

15 (A) the existing facilities for exhibiting and

16 storing the collection are so inadequate and un17 suitable that existence of the collection is en18 dangered and its preservation is in jeopardy;

19 and

20 (B) 2010 marks the 400th anniversary of

21 the continuous occupation and use of the Palace

22 of the Governors and is an appropriate date for

23 ensuring the continued viability of the collec24 tion.

25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Annex’’ means the

2 annex for the Palace of the Governors of the Mu3 seum of New Mexico, to be constructed behind the

4 Palace of the Governors building at 110 Lincoln Av5 enue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

6 (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the

7 State Office of Cultural Affairs.

8 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

9 the Secretary of the Interior.

10 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State

11 of New Mexico.

12 (c) GRANT.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of

14 appropriations, the Secretary shall make a grant to

15 the Office to pay 50 percent of the costs of the final

16 design, construction, management, inspection, fur17 nishing, and equipping of the Annex.

18 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to the avail19 ability of appropriations, to receive a grant under

20 this paragraph (1), the Office shall—

21 (A) submit to the Secretary a copy of the

22 architectural blueprints for the Annex; and

23 (B) enter into a memorandum of under24 standing with the Secretary under subsection

25 (d).
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1 (d) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—At the re2 quest of the Office, the Secretary shall enter into a memo3 randum of understanding with the Office that—

4 (1) requires that the Office award the contract

5 for construction of the Annex after a competitive

6 bidding process and in accordance with the New

7 Mexico Procurement Code; and

8 (2) specifies a date for completion of the Annex.

9 (e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share

10 of the costs of the final design, construction, management,

11 inspection, furnishing, and equipping of the Annex—

12 (1) may be in cash or in kind fairly evaluated,

13 including land, art and artifact collections, plant,

14 equipment, or services; and

15 (2) shall include any contribution received by

16 the State (including contributions from the New

17 Mexico Foundation and other endowment funds) for,

18 and any expenditure made by the State for, the Pal19 ace of the Governors or the Annex, including—

20 (A) design;

21 (B) land acquisition (including the land at

22 110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico);

23 (C) acquisitions for and renovation of the

24 library;
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1 (D) conservation of the Palace of the Gov2 ernors;

3 (E) construction, management, inspection,

4 furnishing, and equipping of the Annex; and

5 (F) donations of art collections and arti6 facts to the Museum of New Mexico on or after

7 the date of enactment of this Act.

8 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds received under a

9 grant awarded under subsection (c) shall be used only for

10 the final design, construction, management, inspection,

11 furnishing and equipment of the Annex.

12 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

14 subject to the availability of appropriations, there is

15 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to

16 carry out this section $15,000,000, to remain avail17 able until expended.

18 (2) CONDITION.—Paragraph (1) authorizes

19 sums to be appropriated on the condition that—

20 (A) after the date of enactment of this Act

21 and before January 1, 2010, the State appro22 priate at least $8,000,000 to pay the costs of

23 the final design, construction, management, in24 spection, furnishing, and equipping of the

25 Annex; and
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1 (B) other non-Federal sources provide suf2 ficient funds to pay the remainder of the 50

3 percent non-Federal share of those costs.

Passed the Senate April 13, 2000.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1727

AN ACT

To authorize funding for the expansion annex of

the historic Palace of the Governors, a public history museum located, and relating to the historyof Hispanic and Native American culture, in theSouthwest and for other purposes.