Title: United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020
This bill modifies certain requirements of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which was established to provide for the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and related events.
Among other things, the bill

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3989 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3989

To amend the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to 
 modify certain membership and other requirements of the United States 
         Semiquincentennial Commission, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2020

 Mr. Toomey (for himself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to 
 modify certain membership and other requirements of the United States 
         Semiquincentennial Commission, 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 ``United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission Amendments Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment of Commission.--Section 4 of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 685) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (I) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(I) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for 
                the Arts.
                    ``(J) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for 
                the Humanities.
                    ``(K) The Director of the Institute of Museum and 
                Library Services.
                    ``(L)(i) The Chief Justice of the United States; or
                    ``(ii) an Associate Justice or former Associate 
                Justice appointed by the Chief Justice of the United 
                States.'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Removal of members who are private citizens.--On an 
        affirmative vote of not less than \2/3\ of the members of the 
        Commission, the Commission may remove a member of the 
        Commission appointed under subsection (b)(3).''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``All meetings'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Location of first meeting.--The first meeting''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Location of subsequent meetings.--At least 1 meeting 
        of the Commission each year shall be held in Philadelphia, 
        Pennsylvania.''.
    (b) Duties.--Section 5(c)(1) of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 687) is amended by striking ``2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act'' and inserting ``March 31, 2020''.
    (c) Coordination.--Section 6(b) of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 689) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``presiding officer of 
        the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, the 
        Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 
        Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities'' and 
        inserting ``Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, 
        the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 
        and the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 
        Services''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by inserting ``and other'' after ``founding''.
    (d) Expenditures of Commission.--Section 9 of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 691) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--All expenditures of the Commission shall be made 
from donations, earned income, and any funds made available to carry 
out this Act under subsection (g).'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``Once each year during 
        the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``Annually during the period beginning 1 year after 
        the Commission submits the report to the President under 
        section 5(c)(1)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Intellectual Property Protections.--The Commission shall have 
the sole power to authorize, license, and, as applicable, derive income 
from, the usage of official marks, imprimaturs, products, and logos of 
the Commission and the official United States Semiquincentennial 
activities sponsored or cosponsored by the Commission.
    ``(f) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), except as 
        authorized under rules and regulations officially issued by the 
        Commission, any person who knowingly manufactures, reproduces, 
        or uses any logo, symbol, or mark originated under authority 
        of, and certified by, in accordance with paragraph (2), the 
        Commission or the secretariat of the Commission described in 
        subsection (b) for use in connection with the commemoration of 
        the United States Semiquincentennial, or any facsimile of the 
        logo, symbol, or mark, or holds out to the public objects in a 
        manner to suggest any logo, symbol, or mark not officially 
        authorized by the Commission or the secretariat of the 
        Commission, shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each 
        unauthorized use, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.
            ``(2) Applicability date.--The requirements of paragraph 
        (1) shall apply beginning on the date of publication in the 
        Federal Register of notice of certification by the Commission 
        or secretariat of the Commission with respect to a logo, 
        symbol, or mark.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.''.
                                 <all>