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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1569

To establish a commission to study the establishment of

a national education museum and archive for the United

States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 24, 2001

Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To establish a commission to study the establishment of

a national education museum and archive for the United

States.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

4 Congress makes the following findings:
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1 (1) The United States has developed a unique

2 and powerful system of education that is admired

3 throughout the world.

4 (2) The American education system has devel5 oped into an increasingly complex and rich mixture

6 of public and private education since the founding of

7 this Nation.

8 (3) There is no central location or agency re9 sponsible for the identification and preservation of

10 American education’s history.

11 (4) There is a need for a national place of

12 study and research on American education and

13 schooling in all its dimensions.

14 (5) There is a need to study the development of

15 a national historical and archival repository for

16 American education.

17 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

18 The purpose of this Act is to establish a national

19 commission to study the development of a national edu20 cation museum and archive for the United States.

21 SEC. 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

22 (a) APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION.—The Secretary

23 of Education shall appoint a national commission includ24 ing representatives from both the public and private sec25 tors to study the development, creation, and operation of
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1 a national education museum and archive (in this Act re2 ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission, not to exceed

4 15 members, shall be broadly representative of the spec5 trum of American education and shall include educators,

6 archivists, museum professionals, and policy makers.

7 (c) DURATION OF COMMISSION; REPORTS.—

8 (1) DURATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis9 sion shall exist for a period not to exceed 2 years.

10 (2) REPORTS.—The Commission shall submit

11 regular interim reports and a final report to the Sec12 retary of Education and the Congress not later than

13 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

14 (d) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—The Commission shall

15 undertake at least the following actions:

16 (1) Generally defining the requirements for de17 veloping, creating, and operating a national edu18 cation museum and archive.

19 (2) Elaborating on, and assessing, the existing

20 conditions affecting such requirements.

21 (3) Undertaking detailed project structure de22 velopment and planning.

23 (4) Undertaking detailed museum and archive

24 planning.
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1 (5) Making detailed recommendations for the

2 creation and operation of a national education mu3 seum and archive.

4 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

5 As used in this Act:

6 (1) ARCHIVE.—The term ‘‘archive’’ means an

7 organization, that identifies, collects, describes, ar8 ranges, and makes accessible primary source mate9 rial relevant to its mission.

10 (2) EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘education’’ means

11 all aspects of American pedagogy, including public

12 and private institutions, all levels of schooling, and

13 all specializations, including special education and

14 vocational education.

15 (3) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘museum’’ means an

16 organization that identifies, collects, describes, ar17 ranges, and interprets artifacts relevant to its mis18 sion.

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