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 author-
ized 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 appro-
priated 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 com-
posed 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 Chair-
man’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 con-
sultation 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 con-
structed 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 Comp-
troller 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 Com-
mittee 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.