An original bill to designate a "Nancy Hanks Center" and the "Old Post Office Building" in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
PL 98-1 (S.61), enacted 02/15/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-1—FEB. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 3 
Public Law 98-1 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To designate a "Nancy Hanks Center" and the "Old Post Office Building" in 
Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled That the Congress 
hereby finds and declares— 
(1) Nanpy Hanks served as Chairman of the National Endow-
ment for the Arts from 1969 to 1977 and during that period 
presided with distinction over a substantial increase in support 
for the arts in the United States; 
(2) she provided wise leadership in defining a proper role for 
the Federal Government in the cultural life of the Nation, and 
safi^uarding the creative int^rity of artists and arts institu-
tions against Government interference; 
(3) her wide-ranging interests in the arts, including architec-
ture, led her to promote initiatives to improve the quality of 
Federal buildings and to work tirelessly to secure the preserva-
tion and renovation of the Old Post C
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quarters for Federal cultural agencies and as a site for cultural 
and commercial activities that would enliven the building and 
its surroundings; and 
(4) the renovation of the Old Post Office Building, its occupan-
c^ in this year 1983 by Federal cultural agencies and commer-
cial enterprises and ite impending use for public performances 
and exhibits are due in koge measure to the foresightedness, 
persuasiveness, intellect, and vigor of Nanqy Hanks. 
SEC. 2. There is herein designated the "Nancy Hanks Center" in 
Washington, District of Columbia, comprising the building located 
on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, between 
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets which is known as and hereby desig-
nated the "Old Post Office Building", the plaza adjoining said 
building to the east and other immediately adjacent grounds, and 
the public use spaces within the Old Post Office Building, which 
include but are not limited to the commercial and performing areas 
known as the Pavilion and the clock-observation tower. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Administrator of General Services, in consultation 
with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the 
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall 
erect at suitable locations at the Nancy Hanks Center appropriate 
markers or displays commemoratii^ the accomplishments of Nanpy 
Hanks in the fields of government and culture and describing her 
actions and those of others in Government and private life 
tihat 
led 
to the renovation and mixed-use development of the Old Post Office 
Building. 
(b) The Administrator of General Services is authorized to expend 
for the purposes of subparagraph (a) of this section a sum not to 
exceed $50,000 available in any fiscal year out of revenues and 
collections deposited into the fimd established pursuant to section 
Feb. 15,1983 
[S. 61] 
Nancy Hanks 
Center; Old Post 
Office Building. 
Designation. 
Markers or 
displays. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
97 STAT. 4 
PUBLIC LAW 98-1—FEB. 15, 1983 
40 u s e 490. 
Observation 
tower, operation. 
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended, and any additional contributions of money pro-
vided to him by private individuals or organizations for these pur^ 
poses within six months of enactment of tMs Act 
SEC. 4. The Administrator of General Services shall execute an 
agreement with the Secretary of tlie Interior providing for operation 
of the observation tower in the Old Post Office Bmlding by the 
National Park Service and further providing, if necessary, for trans-
fer to the National Park Service in fiscal year 1983 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, out of revenues and collections from the Old 
Post OfKce Building deposited into the fund established pursuant to 
section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended, such sums as may be necessary to operate 
the observation tower. 
Approved February 15, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 61: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Jan. 27, considered and passed Senate. 
Feb. 2, considered and passed House. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 19, No. 7(1983): 
Feb. 15, Presidential statement.