103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3567
AN ACT
To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to transfer
operating responsibilities to the Board of Trustees of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John F. Kennedy Cen-
ter Act Amendments of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, BUREAU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 1 of the John F. Kennedy
Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76h note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SECTION 1.’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy served
with distinction as President of the United States
and as a Member of the Senate and the House of
Representatives;
‘‘(2) by the untimely death of John Fitzgerald
Kennedy this Nation and the world have suffered a
great loss;
‘‘(3) the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy was par-
ticularly devoted to education and cultural under-
standing and the advancement of the performing
arts;
‘‘(4) it is fitting and proper that a living insti-
tution of the performing arts, designated as the Na-
tional Center for the Performing Arts, named in the
memory and honor of this great leader, shall serve
as the sole national monument to his memory within
the District of Columbia and its environs;
‘‘(5) such a living memorial serves all of the
people of the United States by preserving, fostering,
and transmitting the performing arts traditions of
the people of this Nation and other countries by pro-
ducing and presenting music, opera, theater, dance,
and other performing arts; and
‘‘(6) such a living memorial should be housed in
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, located in the District of Columbia.’’.
(b) EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of such Act (20
U.S.C. 76h) is amended—
(A) by striking the section heading and all
that follows before ‘‘There is hereby’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘SEC. 2. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—’’;
(B) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘as
the National Center for the Performing Arts, a
living memorial to John Fitzgerald Kennedy,’’
after ‘‘thereof ’’;
(C) in the second sentence by striking
‘‘Chairman of the District of Columbia Recre-
ation Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Superintendent of
Schools of the District of Columbia’’; and
(D) in the second sentence by striking
‘‘three Members of the Senate’’ and all that fol-
lows before ‘‘ex officio’’ and inserting ‘‘the
chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Public Works and Transpor-
tation of the House of Representatives and 3
additional Members of the House of Represent-
atives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and 3 ad-
ditional Members of the Senate appointed by
the President of the Senate’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(A) SUPERINTENDENT
OF
SCHOOLS
OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The amendment
made by paragraph (1)(C) shall take effect on
the date of expiration of the term of the Chair-
man of the District of Columbia Recreation
Board serving as a trustee of the John F. Ken-
nedy Center for the Performing Arts on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) 
MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS.—The
amendment made by paragraph (1)(D) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(c) GENERAL TRUSTEES.—Section 2(b) of such Act
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) GENERAL TRUSTEES.—The general trustees
shall be appointed by the President of the United States
and each such trustee shall hold office as a member of
the Board for a term of 6 years, except that—
‘‘(1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy oc-
curring before the expiration of the term for which
such member’s predecessor was appointed shall be
appointed for the remainder of such term;
‘‘(2) a member shall continue to serve until
such member’s successor has been appointed; and
‘‘(3) the term of office of a member appointed
before the date of the enactment of the John F.
Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1994 shall ex-
pire as designated at the time of appointment.’’.
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS.—Section
2(c) of such Act is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON
THE ARTS.—’’ before ‘‘There shall be’’;
(2) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘of the
United States’’ after ‘‘President’’ the first place it
appears;
(3) in the fifth sentence by striking ‘‘cultural
activities to be carried on in’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural
activities to be carried out by’’; and
(4) in the last sentence by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘compensation’’ and inserting a period.
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
Section 4 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20
U.S.C. 76j) is amended by striking the section heading
and all that follows through the period at the end of sub-
section (a) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
‘‘(a) PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND GOALS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall—
‘‘(A) present classical and contemporary
music, opera, drama, dance, and other perform-
ing arts from the United States and other coun-
tries;
‘‘(B) promote and maintain the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the
National Center for the Performing Arts—
‘‘(i) by developing and maintaining a
leadership role in national performing arts