I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1932
To designate the diplomacy center of the Department of State as the Colin 
Powell Center for American Diplomacy and to provide for appropriate 
museum visitor and educational outreach services at the center. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2003
Mr. LEACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To designate the diplomacy center of the Department of 
State as the Colin Powell Center for American Diplo-
macy and to provide for appropriate museum visitor and 
educational outreach services at the center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. THE COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN 
DIPLOMACY. 
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 is amended by adding after section 58 (22 U.S.C. 
2730) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 59. COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN DIPLO-
MACY. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The diplomacy center of the 
Department of State, located in the Harry S Truman 
building, is hereby designated as the ‘Colin Powell Center 
for American Diplomacy’ (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
State is authorized to provide by contract, grant, or 
otherwise, for the performance of appropriate mu-
seum visitor and educational outreach services, in-
cluding organizing conference activities, museum 
shop services, and food services, in the public exhibit 
and related space utilized by the Center. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Secretary 
may pay all reasonable expenses of conference activi-
ties conducted by the Center, including refreshments 
and reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by 
participants. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Any revenues gen-
erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis-
itor services may be retained, as a recovery of the 
costs of operating the Center, and credited to any 
Department of State appropriation.
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF CENTER ARTIFACTS AND MA-
TERIALS.—
‘‘(1) PROPERTY
OF
SECRETARY.—All historic 
documents, artifacts, or other articles permanently 
acquired by the Department of State and deter-
mined by the Secretary to be suitable for display in 
the Center shall be considered to be the property of 
the Secretary in the Secretary’s official capacity and 
shall be subject to disposition solely in accordance 
with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) SALE OR TRADE.—Whenever the Secretary 
makes the determination under paragraph (3) with 
respect to an item, the Secretary may sell at fair 
market value, trade, or transfer the item, without re-
gard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, 
United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale 
may be used solely for the advancement of the Cen-
ter’s mission and may not be used for any purpose 
other than the acquisition and direct care of collec-
tions. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS
PRIOR
TO
SALE
OR 
TRADE.—The determination referred to in para-
graph (2), with respect to an item, is a determina-
tion that—
‘‘(A) the item no longer serves to further 
the purposes of the Center established in the 
collections management policy of the Center; or 
‘‘(B) in order to maintain the standards of 
the collections of the Center, the sale or ex-
change of the item would be a better use of the 
item. 
‘‘(4) LOANS.—The Secretary may also lend 
items covered by paragraph (1), when not needed for 
use or display in the Center, to the Smithsonian In-
stitution or a similar institution for repair, study, or 
exhibition.’’.
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