Title: National Children's Museum Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
National Children's Museum Act
This bill requires the General Services Administration to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children's Museum with respect to the museum's occupancy of a specified space in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Among other things, the agreement must make the space available to the museum in perpetuity and without charge.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5919

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2020

Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Rodney Davis of 
  Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    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 ``National Children's Museum Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 6735. National Children's Museum
    ``(a) In General.-- Not later than 1 month after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator of General Services shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children's Museum 
for the operation of the National Children's Museum in the space 
described under subsection (c) of the Ronald Reagan Building and 
International Trade Center.
    ``(b) Contents.--The cooperative agreement under subsection (a) 
shall include provisions that--
            ``(1) make the space described under subsection (c) 
        available to the National Children's Museum in perpetuity 
        without charge;
            ``(2) require the General Services Administration to 
        provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance 
        (including maintenance of the structural portions of the space 
        described in subsection (c) and any HVAC, electrical, gas, 
        steam, sprinkler, and mechanical facilities or systems), 
        security, information, janitorial, and other services as may be 
        necessary to ensure the preservation and operation of the site; 
        and
            ``(3) provide a right of first refusal to the National 
        Children's Museum for any adjacent rental space in the Ronald 
        Reagan Building and International Trade Center for an agreed 
        upon rate.
    ``(c) Museum Space.--The cooperative agreement under subsection (a) 
shall designate the pavilion and the occupiable space on the floor 
adjacent to the pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Building and 
International Trade Center as the space for the National Children's 
Museum.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 67 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``6735. National Children's Museum.''.
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