I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
General Services to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National 
Children’s Museum to provide the National Children’s Museum rental 
space without charge in the Ronald Reagan Building and International 
Trade Center, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2021 
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Ad-
ministrator of General Services to enter into a coopera-
tive agreement with the National Children’s Museum to 
provide the National Children’s Museum rental space 
without charge in the Ronald Reagan Building and Inter-
national Trade Center, 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 ‘‘National Children’s 
Museum Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Museum and Library Services Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–81) designated the Capital 
Children’s Museum, the predecessor to the National 
Children’s Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Mu-
seum’’; 
(2) the National Children’s Museum operates 
under section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the 
District of Columbia; 
(3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu-
seum is to inspire children to care about and change 
the world; and 
(4) the National Children’s Museum is located 
in the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and 
International Trade Center. 
(b) NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM.—Chapter 67 
of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 
of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with the National Children’s Museum for the oper-
ation of the National Children’s Museum in the approxi-
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mately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as 
suite C–001 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Space’) of the 
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 
for the duration of the retail space license agreement be-
tween Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a 
successor entity, and the Museum, dated December 4, 
2017, including any exercised renewal options. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The cooperative agreement under 
subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 
‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen-
eral Services Administration owns or controls the 
Space, the General Services Administration to pro-
vide rent for the Space; and 
‘‘(2) terminate such agreement if— 
‘‘(A) the Museum does not continue to 
qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and 
‘‘(B) the Museum no longer uses the Space 
as a children’s museum; and 
‘‘(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring 
the interest in such agreement. 
‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 
the Administrator shall use funds derived from— 
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