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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1727

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 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 of the Governors Expansion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS

2 EXPANSION.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find4 ings:

5 (1) The United States has an enriched legacy

6 of Hispanic influence in politics, government, eco7 nomic development and cultural expression.

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

9 center of administrative and cultural activity over a

10 vast region of the Southwest since its construction

11 as New Mexico’s second capitol in Santa Fe by Gov12 ernor Pedro de Peralta in 1610.

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

14 continuously occupied public building in the United

15 States and has been occupied for 390 years.

16 (4) Since its creation the Museum of New Mex17 ico has worked to protect and promote Southwest,

18 Hispanic and Native American arts and crafts.

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

20 division of the Museum of New Mexico and was once

21 proposed by Teddy Roosevelt to be part of the

22 Smithsonian Museum and known as the ‘‘Smithso23 nian West.’’

24 (6) The Museum has a extensive and priceless

25 collection of:
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1 (A) Spanish Colonial and Iberian Colonial

2 paintings including the Sagesser Hyde paint3 ings on buffalo hide dating back to 1706.

4 (B) Pre-Columbian Art.

5 (C) Historic artifacts including:

6 (i) Helmets and armor worn by the

7 Don Juan Onate expedition conquistadors

8 who established the first capital in the

9 United States, San Juan de los Caballeros,

10 in July of 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. It

18 marks the beginning of the last invasion of

19 the continental United States.

20 (iv) The field desk of Brigadier Gen21 eral Stephen Watts Kearny who was post22 ed to New Mexico during the Mexican War

23 and whose Army of the West traveled the

24 Santa Fe trail to occupy the territories of

25 New Mexico and California.
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1 (v) More than 800,000 other historic

2 photographs, guns, costumes, maps, books

3 and handicrafts.

4 (7) The Palace of the Governors and the

5 Sagesser Hyde paintings were designated National

6 Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preser7 vation.

8 (8) The facilities both for exhibiting and stor9 age of this irreplaceable collection are so totally in10 adequate and dangerously unsuitable that there ex11 istence is endangered and their preservation is in

12 jeopardy.

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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

15 Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico ad16 dition to be located directly behind the historic Pal17 ace of the Governors building at 110 Lincoln Ave18 nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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

20 the Secretary of Interior.

21 (c) CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANNEX.—Subject to the

22 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall award a

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

24 costs of the final design, construction, furnishing and

25 equipping of the Palace of the Governors Expansion
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1 Annex that will be located directly behind the historic Pal2 ace of the Governors at 110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe,

3 New Mexico.

4 (d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

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

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

7 through the Office of Cultural Affairs—

8 (A) shall submit to the Secretary, within

9 30 days of the date of enactment of this sec10 tion, a copy of the architectural blueprints for

11 the Palace of the Governors Expansion Annex.

12 (B) shall exercise due diligence to obtain

13 an appropriation from the New Mexico State

14 Legislature for at least $8 million.

15 (C) shall exercise due diligence to expedi16 tiously execute a memorandum of under17 standing recognizing that time is of the essence

18 for the construction for the Annex because

19 2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the con20 tinuous occupation and use of the Palace of the

21 Governors.

22 (2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The

23 memorandum of understanding described in para24 graph (1) shall provide—
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1 (A) the date of completion of the construc2 tion of the Annex.

3 (B) that Office of Cultural Affairs shall

4 award the contract for construction of the

5 Annex in accordance with the New Mexico Pro6 curement Code; and

7 (C) that the contract for the construction

8 of the Annex shall be awarded pursuant to a

9 competitive bidding process.

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

11 the costs described in subsection (c) shall be 50 per12 cent.

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

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

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

16 art and artifact collections, plant, equipment, or

17 services. The non-Federal share shall include any

18 contribution received by New Mexico for the design,

19 land acquisition, library acquisition, library renova20 tion, Palace of the Governors conservation, and con21 struction, furnishing, equipping of the Annex, or do22 nations of art collections to the Museum of New

23 Mexico prior to the date of enactment of this sec24 tion. The non-Federal share of the costs described in

25 subsection (c) shall include the following:
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1 (A) Cost of the land at 110 Lincoln Ave2 nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

3 (B) Library acquisition expenditures.

4 (C) Library renovation expenditures.

5 (D) Palace conservation expenditures.

6 (E) New Mexico Foundation and other en7 dowment funds.

8 (F) Donations of art collections or other

9 artifacts.

10 (e) USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.—FUR11 NISHING AND EQUIPMENT.—Subject to funds being ap12 propriated, the funds received under a grant awarded

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

14 construction, management, inspection, furnishing and

15 equipment of the Annex.

16 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject

17 to funds being appropriated, there is authorized to be ap18 propriated to the Secretary to carry out this section a total

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

20 years. Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of

21 the preceding sentence shall remain available until ex22 pended but are conditioned upon the New Mexico State

23 legislature appropriating at least $8 million between date

24 of enactment and 2010 and other non-federal sources pro25 viding enough funds, when combined with the New Mexico
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1 State legislature appropriations, to make this federal

2 grant based on a fifty-fifty match.

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