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Calendar No. 493

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1727

[Report No. 106–263]

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 14, 1999

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

APRIL 12, 2000

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This act may be cited as ‘‘Palace

3 of the Governors Expansion Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS

5 EXPANSION.

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find7 ings:

8 (1) The United States has an enriched legacy

9 of Hispanic influence in politics, government, eco10 nomic development and cultural expression.

11 (2) The Palace of the Governors has been the

12 center of administrative and cultural activity over a

13 vast region of the Southwest since its construction

14 as New Mexico’s second capitol in Santa Fe by Gov15 ernor Pedro de Peralta in 1610.

16 (3) The Palace of the Governors is the oldest

17 continuously occupied public building in the the con18 tiguous United States and has been occupied for 390

19 years.

20 (4) Since its creation the Museum of New Mex21 ico has worked to protect and promote Southwest,

22 Hispanic and Native American arts and crafts.

23 (5) The Palace of the Governors is the history

24 division of the Museum of New Mexico and was once

25 proposed by Teddy Roosevelt to be part of the
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1 Smithsonian Museum and known as the ‘‘Smithso2 nian West.’’

3 (6) The Museum has a extensive and priceless

4 collection of:

5 (A) Spanish Colonial and Iberian Colonial

6 paintings including the Sagesser Hyde paint7 ings on buffalo hide dating back to 1706.

8 (B) Pre-Columbian Art.

9 (C) Historic artifacts including:

10 (i) Helmets and armor worn by the

11 Don Juan Onate expedition conquistadors

12 who established the first capital in the

13 United States, San Juan de los Caballeros,

14 in July of 1598.

15 (ii) The Vara Stick used to measure

16 land grants and other real property bound17 aries in Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

18 (iii) The Columbus, New Mexico Rail19 way Station clock that was shot, stopping

20 the pendulum, freezing for all history the

21 moment when Pancho Villa’s raid began. It

22 marks the beginning of the last invasion of

23 the continental United States.

24 (iv) (iii) The field desk of Brigadier

25 General Stephen Watts Kearny who was
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1 posted to New Mexico during the Mexican

2 War and whose Army of the West traveled

3 the Santa Fe trail to occupy the territories

4 of New Mexico and California.

5 (v) (iv) More than 800,000 other his6 toric photographs, guns, costumes, maps,

7 books and handicrafts.

8 (7) The Palace of the Governors and the

9 Sagesser Hyde paintings were designated National

10 Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preser11 vation.

12 (8) The facilities both for exhibiting and stor13 age of this irreplaceable collection are so totally in14 adequate and dangerously unsuitable that there ex15 istence is endangered and their preservation is in

16 jeopardy.

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

18 (1) ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Annex’’ means the

19 Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico ad20 dition to be located directly behind the historic Pal21 ace of the Governors building at 110 Lincoln Ave22 nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

23 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

24 the Secretary of Interior.
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1 (c) CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANNEX.—Subject to the

2 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall award a

3 grant to New Mexico to pay for the Federal share of the

4 costs of the final design, construction, furnishing and

5 equipping of the Palace of the Governors Expansion

6 Annex that will be located directly behind the historic Pal7 ace of the Governors at 110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe,

8 New Mexico.

9 (d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant

11 awarded under subsection (c), New Mexico, acting

12 through the Office of Cultural Affairs—

13 (A) shall submit to the Secretary, within

14 30 days of the date of enactment of this sec15 tion, a copy of the architectural blueprints for

16 the Palace of the Governors Expansion Annex.

17 (B) shall exercise due diligence to obtain

18 an appropriation from the New Mexico State

19 Legislature for at least $8 million.

20 (C) shall exercise due diligence to expedi21 tiously execute a memorandum of under22 standing recognizing that time is of the essence

23 for the construction for the Annex because

24 2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the con-
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1 tinuous occupation and use of the Palace of the

2 Governors.

3 (2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The

4 memorandum of understanding described in para5 graph (1) shall provide—

6 (A) the date of completion of the construc7 tion of the Annex.

8 (B) that Office of Cultural Affairs shall

9 award the contract for construction of the

10 Annex in accordance with the New Mexico Pro11 curement Code; and

12 (C) that the contract for the construction

13 of the Annex shall be awarded pursuant to a

14 competitive bidding process.

15 (3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

16 the costs described in subsection (c) shall be 50 per17 cent.

18 (4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal

19 share of the costs described in section (c) shall be

20 in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including land,

21 art and artifact collections, plant, equipment, or

22 services. The non-Federal share shall include any

23 contribution received by New Mexico for the design,

24 land acquisition, library acquisition, library renova25 tion, Palace of the Governors conservation, and con-
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1 struction, furnishing, equipping of the Annex, or do2 nations of art collections to the Museum of New

3 Mexico prior to the date of enactment of this sec4 tion. The non-Federal share of the costs described in

5 subsection (c) shall include the following:

6 (A) Cost of the land at 110 Lincoln Ave7 nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

8 (B) Library acquisition expenditures.

9 (C) Library renovation expenditures.

10 (D) Palace conservation expenditures.

11 (E) New Mexico Foundation and other en12 dowment funds.

13 (F) Donations of art collections or other

14 artifacts.

15 (e) USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.—FUR16 NISHING AND EQUIPMENT.—Subject to funds being ap17 propriated, the funds received under a grant awarded

18 under subsection (c) shall be used only for the final design,

19 construction, management, inspection, furnishing and

20 equipment of the Annex.

21 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject

22 to funds being appropriated, there is authorized to be ap23 propriated to the Secretary to carry out this section a total

24 of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and succeeding fiscal

25 years. Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of
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1 the preceding sentence shall remain available until ex2 pended but are conditioned upon the New Mexico State

3 legislature appropriating at least $8 million between date

4 of enactment and 2010 and other non-federal sources pro5 viding enough funds, when combined with the New Mexico

6 State legislature appropriations, to make this federal

7 grant based on a fifty-fifty match.
Calendar No. 493

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1727

[Report No. 106–263]

A BILL

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.

APRIL 12, 2000

Reported with amendments