H. R. 5294

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

An Act

To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John F. Kennedy Center

Reauthorization Act of 2004’’.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C.

76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting

the following:

‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H)—

‘‘(1) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

‘‘(2) $18,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, and

2007.

‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of

section 4(a)(1)—

‘‘(1) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

‘‘(2) $18,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, and

2007.’’.

SEC. 3. JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER PLAZA.

(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 12(b) of the

John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76q–1(b)) is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(6) PROJECT TEAM.—

‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—To further construction of the

Project, the Secretary shall establish a Project Team.

‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The Project Team shall be composed of the following members:

‘‘(i) The Secretary (or the Secretary’s designee).

‘‘(ii) The Administrator of General Services (or the

Administrator’s designee).

‘‘(iii) The Chairman of the Board (or the Chairman’s designee).

‘‘(iv) Such other individuals as the Project Team

considers appropriate.

‘‘(C) PROJECT DIRECTOR.—The Project Team shall have

a Project Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary,

in consultation with the Administrator of General Services
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and the Chairman of the Board. The Project Director shall

report directly to the Project Team.’’.

(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 12(c)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

76q–1(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with

the Project Team,’’ after ‘‘The Board’’.

(2) CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.—Section 12(c)(3) of such

Act (20 U.S.C. 76q–1(c)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with the Project Team,’’ after ‘‘The Board’’.

(3) APPROVAL BY PROJECT TEAM.—Section 12(c) of such

Act (20 U.S.C. 76q–1(c)) is amended by adding at the end

the following:

‘‘(5) APPROVAL BY PROJECT TEAM.—Notwithstanding section

5(e), any decision by the Board that will significantly affect,

as determined by the Project Team in consultation with the

Board, the scope, cost, schedule, or engineering feasibility of

any element of the Project, other than buildings to be constructed on the Plaza, shall be subject to the approval of the

Project Team.’’.

(c) GAO REVIEW.—Section 12 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 76q– 1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) GAO REVIEW.—Until completion of the Project, the Comptroller General shall review the management and oversight of

construction of the Project by the Board and report periodically

on the results of the review to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.