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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5937 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 12, 2023 

Mr. CAREY (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 

WEXTON, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SWALWELL, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Children’s 

3 Museum Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the Museum and Library Services Act of 

7 2003 (Public Law 108–81) designated the Capital 

8 Children’s Museum, the predecessor to the National 

9 Children’s Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Mu10 seum’’; 

11 (2) the National Children’s Museum operates 

12 under section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

13 Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the 

14 District of Columbia; 

15 (3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu16 seum is to inspire children to care about and change 

17 the world; and 

18 (4) the National Children’s Museum is located 

19 in the Federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and 

20 International Trade Center. 

21 (b) NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM.—Chapter 67 

22 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

23 the end the following: 

24 ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 

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

26 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 


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1 of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agree2 ment with the National Children’s Museum for the oper3 ation of the National Children’s Museum in the approxi4 mately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as 

5 suite C–001 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Space’) of the 

6 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 

7 for the duration of the retail space license agreement be8 tween Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a 

9 successor entity, and the Museum, dated December 4, 

10 2017, including any exercised renewal options. 

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

12 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 

13 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen14 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 

15 Space, the General Services Administration to pro16 vide rent for the Space; 

17 ‘‘(2) terminate such agreement if— 

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

19 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec20 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

21 1986; and 

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

23 as a children’s museum; and 

24 ‘‘(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring 

25 the interest in such agreement. 


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

2 the Administrator shall use funds derived from— 

3 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 

4 Corporation fund; or 

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

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

7 subsection (a) shall require the National Children’s Mu8 seum to submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

9 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen11 ate an annual report on the operations and finances of 

12 the Museum.’’. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap14 ter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add15 ing at the end the following: 

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

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