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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4126
To authorize funding for the expansion annex of the historic Palace of
the Governors, a public history museum located, and relating to the
history of Hispanic and Native American culture, in the Southwest,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mrs. WILSON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD,
Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HINOJOSA,
Mr. REYES, and Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize funding for the expansion annex of the historic
Palace of the Governors, a public history museum lo-
cated, and relating to the history of Hispanic and Native
American culture, in the Southwest, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Palace of the Governors
Expansion Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS
EXPANSION.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The United States has an enriched legacy
of Hispanic influence in politics, government, eco-
nomic development, and cultural expression.
(2) The Palace of the Governors has been the
center of administrative and cultural activity over a
vast region of the Southwest since its construction
as New Mexico’s second capitol in Santa Fe by Gov-
ernor Pedro de Peralta in 1610.
(3) The Palace of the Governors is the oldest
continuously occupied public building in the United
States and has been occupied for 390 years.
(4) Since its creation, the Museum of New Mex-
ico has worked to protect and promote Southwest,
Hispanic, and Native American arts and crafts.
(5) The Palace of the Governors is the history
division of the Museum of New Mexico and was once
proposed by Teddy Roosevelt to be part of the
Smithsonian Museum and known as the ‘‘Smithso-
nian West.’’
(6) The Museum has a extensive and priceless
collection of the following:
(A) Spanish Colonial and Iberian Colonial
paintings, including the Sagesser Hyde paint-
ings on buffalo hide dating back to 1706.
(B) Pre-Columbian Art.
(C) Historic artifacts including the fol-
lowing:
(i) Helmets and armor worn by the
Don Juan Onate expedition conquistadors
who established the first capital in the
United States, San Juan de los Caballeros,
in July of 1598.
(ii) The Vara Stick used to measure
land grants and other real property bound-
aries in Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
(iii) The Columbus, New Mexico Rail-
way Station clock that was shot, stopping
the pendulum, freezing for all history the
moment when Pancho Villa’s raid began,
which marks the beginning of the last in-
vasion of the continental United States.
(iv) The field desk of Brigadier Gen-
eral Stephen Watts Kearny who was post-
ed to New Mexico during the Mexican War
and whose Army of the West traveled the
Santa Fe trail to occupy the territories of
New Mexico and California.
(v) More than 800,000 other historic
photographs, guns, costumes, maps, books
and handicrafts.
(7) The Palace of the Governors and the
Sagesser Hyde paintings were designated National
Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preser-
vation.
(8) The facilities both for exhibiting and stor-
age of this irreplaceable collection are so totally in-
adequate and dangerously unsuitable that there ex-
istence is endangered and their preservation is in
jeopardy.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ANNEX.—The terms ‘‘Palace of the Gov-
ernors Expansion Annex’’ and ‘‘Annex’’ mean the
Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico ad-
dition to be located directly behind the historic Pal-
ace of the Governors building at 110 Lincoln Ave-
nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(c) CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANNEX.—Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall award a
grant to the State of New Mexico to pay for the Federal
share of the costs of the final design, construction, fur-
nishing, and equipping of the Palace of the Governors Ex-
pansion Annex.
(d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant
awarded under subsection (c), the State of New
Mexico, acting through the Office of Cultural Affairs
of the State—
(A) shall submit to the Secretary, within
30 days of the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, a copy of the architectural blueprints for
the Palace of the Governors Expansion Annex.
(B) shall exercise due diligence to obtain
an appropriation from the New Mexico State
Legislature for at least $8,000,000 for the de-
sign, construction, furnishing, and equipping of
the Annex.
(C) shall exercise due diligence to expedi-
tiously execute a memorandum of under-
standing recognizing that time is of the essence
for the construction for the Annex because
2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the con-
tinuous occupation and use of the Palace of the
Governors.
(2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The
memorandum of understanding described in para-
graph (1) shall provide—
(A) the date of completion of the construc-
tion of the Annex.
(B) that Office of Cultural Affairs shall
award the contract for construction of the
Annex in accordance with the New Mexico Pro-
curement Code; and
(C) that the contract for the construction
of the Annex shall be awarded pursuant to a
competitive bidding process.
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of
the costs described in subsection (c) shall be 50 per-
cent.
(4) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of the costs described in section (c) shall be
in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including land,
art and artifact collections, plant, equipment, or
services. The non-Federal share shall include any
contribution received by the State of New Mexico for
the design, land acquisition, library acquisition, li-
brary renovation, Palace of the Governors conserva-
tion, and construction, furnishing, equipping of the
Annex, or donations of art collections to the Mu-
seum of New Mexico prior to the date of enactment
of this section. The non-Federal share of the costs
described in subsection (c) shall include the fol-
lowing:
(A) Cost of the land at 110 Lincoln Ave-
nue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(B) Library acquisition expenditures.
(C) Library renovation expenditures.
(D) Palace conservation expenditures.
(E) New Mexico Foundation and other en-
dowment funds.
(F) Donations of art collections or other
artifacts.
(e) USE
OF FUNDS
FOR CONSTRUCTION—FUR-
NISHING AND EQUIPMENT.—Subject to funds being ap-
propriated, the funds received under a grant awarded
under subsection (c) shall be used only for the final design,
construction, management, inspection, furnishing, and
equipment of the Annex.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to award
the grant described in subsection (c) a total of
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and succeeding fiscal
years. Funds appropriated pursuant to this authorization
of appropriations shall remain available until the grant is
awarded, but the authority of the Secretary to award the
grant is conditioned upon the New Mexico State legisla-
ture appropriating at least $8,000,000 as provided in sub-
section (d)(1)(B) before January 1, 2010, and other non-
Federal sources providing enough funds, when combined
with the New Mexico State legislature appropriations, to
ensure that the grant is based on a fifty-fifty match.
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