Title: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2017
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2018-FY2021 for maintenance, repair, and security, and capital projects for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The bill directs that a plaque be placed within the Kennedy Center that contains an inscription to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the National Cultural Center Act by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Kennedy Center must solicit private contributions for the design, procurement, and installation of the plaque.
The Kennedy Center may create displays and programs that memorialize its opening in 1971 and its programmatic legacy.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1359

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2017

  Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Cardin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
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 2017''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION 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 authorized to 
be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H)--
            ``(1) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            ``(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            ``(3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
            ``(4) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
    ``(b) Capital Projects.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 4(a)(1)--
            ``(1) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            ``(2) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            ``(3) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
            ``(4) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PLAQUE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (referred to in this Act as 
the ``Center'') should--
            (1) recognize the year 2018 as the 60th anniversary of the 
        National Cultural Center Act (now known as the ``John F. 
        Kennedy Center Act'') (20 U.S.C. 76h et seq.), signed into law 
        by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958; and
            (2) establish commemorative displays honoring President 
        Dwight D. Eisenhower and the history of the National Cultural 
        Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76h et seq.) during the year 2018.
    (b) Authorization for Plaque.--The Center shall place within the 
Center a plaque containing an inscription to commemorate the 60th 
anniversary of the signing of the National Cultural Center Act (20 
U.S.C. 76h et seq.) by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    (c) Specifications.--The plaque shall be--
            (1)(A) not less than 6 square feet in size; and
            (B) not more than 18 square feet in size;
            (2) of any shape that the Trustees of the Center determine 
        to be appropriate; and
            (3) placed at a location within the Center approximate to 
        the Eisenhower Theater that the Trustees of the Center 
        determine to be appropriate.
    (d) Funding.--
            (1) In general.--No Federal funds may be used to design, 
        procure, or install the plaque.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not affect the payment 
        of salaries, expenses, and benefits otherwise authorized by law 
        for members and employees of the Center who participate in 
        carrying out this section.
    (e) Private Fundraising Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--The Center shall solicit and accept 
        private contributions for the design, procurement, and 
        installation of the plaque.
            (2) Accounting.--The Center shall--
                    (A) establish an account into which any 
                contributions received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
                be deposited; and
                    (B) maintain documentation of any contributions 
                received pursuant to paragraph (1).

SEC. 4. COMMEMORATION OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
              ARTS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Center 
should--
            (1) recognize the year 2021 as the 50th anniversary of the 
        opening of the Center; and
            (2) appropriately acknowledge and commemorate the mission 
        of the Center as a national center for the performing arts and 
        a national memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
    (b) Authorization for Displays and Programs.--The Center may create 
displays and programs that memorialize the opening of the Center and 
the programmatic legacy of the Center since its opening in 1971.
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