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through both a physical educational facility and an elec-
tronic virtual library.
(D) To establish the First Ladies National Historic
Site in Canton, Ohio, the home of First Lady Ida Saxton
McKinley.
(E) To create a public-private partnership between the
National Park Service and the National First Ladies
Library.
(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRST LADIES NATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in Canton,
Ohio, the First Ladies National Historic Site.
(B) DESCRIPTION.—The historic site shall consist of—
(i) the land and improvements comprising the
National Park Service property located at 331 Market
Avenue South in Canton, Ohio, known as the Ida
Saxton McKinley House; and
(ii) if acquired under subsection (b)(4), National
Park Service property located at 205 Market Avenue
South in Canton, Ohio, known as the City National
Bank Building.
(4) ACQUISITION OF CITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.—The
Secretary may acquire by donation, for inclusion in the historic
site, the property located at 205 Market Avenue South in
Canton, Ohio, known as the City National Bank Building.
(5) ADMINISTRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer the
historic site in accordance with this section and the provi-
sions of law generally applicable to units of the National
Park System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved
August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of
August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666, chapter 593; 16 U.S.C.
461 et seq.).
(B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
(i) To further the purposes of this section, the
Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with
the National First Ladies Library (a nonprofit corpora-
tion established under the laws of the District of
Columbia) under which the National First Ladies
Library may operate and maintain the site.
(ii) To further the purposes of this section, the
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with
other public and private organizations.
(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide to the
National First Ladies Library—
(i) technical assistance for the preservation of his-
toric structures of, the maintenance of the cultural
landscape of, and local preservation planning for, the
historic site; and
(ii) subject to the availability of appropriations,
financial assistance for the operation and maintenance
of the historic site.
(D) ADMISSION
FEES.—The Secretary may authorize
the National First Ladies Library to—
(i) charge fees for admission to the historic site;
and
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(ii) retain and use for the historic site amounts
paid as such fees.
(E) MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary may
authorize the National First Ladies Library—
(i) to manage any property within the historic
site;
(ii) to lease to other public or private entities any
property managed under subparagraph (i) by the
National First Ladies Library; and
(iii) to retain and use for the historic site amounts
received under such leases.
(6) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the last day of the
third full fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the
officials described in paragraph (B), prepare a general
management plan for the historic site.
(B) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the general manage-
ment plan, the Secretary shall consult with an appropriate
official of—
(i) the National First Ladies Library; and
(ii) appropriate political subdivisions of the State
of Ohio that have jurisdiction over the area where
the historic site is located.
(C) SUBMISSION
OF
PLAN
TO
CONGRESS.—Upon the
completion of the general management plan, the Secretary
shall submit a copy of the plan to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives.
(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(A) HISTORIC
SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’ means
the First Ladies National Historic Site established by sub-
section (b)(3).
(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior.
SEC. 146. (a) CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD ESTABLISHMENT
OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN INTERPRETIVE CENTER.—
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to subsections (a)(2) and
(a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants to con-
tribute funds for the establishment in Springfield, Illinois, of
an interpretive center to preserve and make available to the
public materials related to the life of President Abraham Lin-
coln and to provide interpretive and educational services which
communicate the meaning of the life of Abraham Lincoln.
(2) PLAN AND DESIGN.—
(A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the entity selected by
the Secretary of the Interior to receive grants under sub-
section (a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary a plan and
design for the interpretive center, including a description
of the following:
(i) The design of the facility and site.
(ii) The method of acquisition.
(iii) The estimated cost of acquisition, construction,
operation, and maintenance.
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(iv) The manner and extent to which non-Federal
entities will participate in the acquisition, construction,
operation, and maintenance of the center.
(B) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—The plan and
design for the interpretive center shall be prepared in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the
Governor of Illinois and in cooperation with such other
public, municipal, and private entities as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(3) CONDITIONS ON GRANT.—
(A) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—A grant under sub-
section (a)(1) may not be made until such time as the
entity selected to receive the grant certifies to the Secretary
of the Interior that funds have been contributed by the
State of Illinois or raised from non-Federal sources for
use to establish the interpretive center in an amount equal
to at least double the amount of that grant.
(B) RELATION TO OTHER LINCOLN-RELATED SITES AND
MUSEUMS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall further
condition the grant under subsection (a)(1) on the agree-
ment of the grant recipient to operate the resulting
interpretive center in cooperation with other Federal and
non-Federal historic sites, parks, and museums that rep-
resent significant locations or events in the life of Abraham
Lincoln. Cooperative efforts to promote and interpret the
life of Abraham Lincoln may include the use of cooperative
agreements, cross references, cross promotion, and shared
exhibits.
(4) PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTION OF OPERATING FUNDS.—
Grant amounts may not be used for the maintenance or oper-
ation of the interpretive center.
(5) NON-FEDERAL OPERATION.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall have no involvement in the actual operation of the
interpretive center, except at the request of the non-Federal
entity responsible for the operation of the center.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior a total of
$50,000,000 to make grants under subsection (a)(1). Amounts so
appropriated shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal
year 2006.
SEC. 147. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Palace of the Governors Annex Act’’.
(b) CONSTRUCTION
OF PALACE
OF
THE GOVERNORS ANNEX,
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the United States has a rich legacy of Hispanic
influence in politics, government, economic development,
and cultural expression;
(B) the Palace of the Governors—
(i) has been the center of administrative and cul-
tural activity over a vast region of the Southwest since
its construction as New Mexico’s second capitol in
Santa Fe by Governor Pedro de Peralta in 1610;
(ii) is the oldest continuously occupied public
building in the continental United States, having been
occupied for 390 years; and
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(iii) has been designated as a National Historic
Landmark;
(C) since its creation, the Museum of New Mexico
has worked to protect and promote Southwestern, Hispanic,
and Native American arts and crafts;
(D) the Palace of the Governors houses the history
division of the Museum of New Mexico;
(E) the Museum has an extensive, priceless, and
irreplaceable collection of—
(i) Spanish Colonial paintings (including the
Segesser Hide Paintings, paintings on buffalo hide
dating back to 1706);
(ii) pre-Columbian Art; and
(iii) historic artifacts, including—
(I) helmets and armor worn by the Don Juan
de On˜ate expedition conquistadors who established
the first capital in the territory that is now the
United States, San Juan de los Caballeros, in July
1598;
(II) the Vara Stick used to measure land
grants and other real property boundaries in Dona
Ana County, New Mexico;
(III) the Columbus, New Mexico Railway Sta-
tion clock that was shot, stopping the pendulum,
freezing for all history the moment when Pancho
Villa’s raid began;
(IV) the field desk of Brigadier General Ste-
phen Watts Kearny, who was posted 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; and
(V) more than 800,000 other historic photo-
graphs, guns, costumes, maps, books, and handi-
crafts;
(F) the Palace of the Governors and its contents are
included in the Mary C. Skaggs Centennial Collection of
America’s Treasures;
(G) the Palace of the Governors and the Segesser Hide
paintings have been declared national treasures by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation; and
(H) time is of the essence in the construction of an
annex to the Palace of the Governors for the exhibition
and storing of the collection described in paragraph (E),
because—
(i) the existing facilities for exhibiting and storing
the collection are so inadequate and unsuitable that
existence of the collection is endangered and its
preservation is in jeopardy; and
(ii) 2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the
continuous occupation and use of the Palace of the
Governors and is an appropriate date for ensuring
the continued viability of the collection.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(A) ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Annex’’ means the annex for
the Palace of the Governors of the Museum of New Mexico,
to be constructed behind the Palace of the Governors
building at 110 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.