National Children’s Museum Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 830 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 18, 2021 Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Children’s 4 Museum Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S830.IS S830 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 830 IS SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 1 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 2 (1) section 502 of the Museum and Library 3 Services Act of 2003 (20 U.S.C. 956a note; Public 4 Law 108–81) designated the Capital Children’s Mu- 5 seum, the predecessor to the National Children’s 6 Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Museum’’; 7 (2) the National Children’s Museum operates 8 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 9 Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the 10 District of Columbia; 11 (3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu- 12 seum is to inspire children to care about and change 13 the world; and 14 (4) the National Children’s Museum is located 15 in the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and 16 International Trade Center. 17 (b) NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM.—Subchapter 18 III of chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is 19 amended by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22 date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of 23 General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement 24 with the National Children’s Museum (referred to in this 25 section as the ‘Museum’) for the operation of the Museum 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S830.IS S830 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 830 IS in the approximately 32,369 square feet of space com- 1 monly known as suite C–001 (referred to in this section 2 as the ‘Space’) of the Ronald Reagan Building and Inter- 3 national Trade Center for the duration of the retail space 4 license agreement between Trade Center Management As- 5 sociates, LLC, or a successor entity, and the Museum, 6 dated December 4, 2017, including any exercised renewal 7 options. 8 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The cooperative agreement under 9 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 10 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen- 11 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 12 Space, the General Services Administration to pro- 13 vide rent for the Space; and 14 ‘‘(2) terminate the agreement if— 15 ‘‘(A) the Museum does not continue to 16 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec- 17 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986; and 19 ‘‘(B) the Museum no longer uses the Space 20 as a children’s museum; and 21 ‘‘(3) prohibit the Museum from transferring the 22 interest in the agreement. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S830.IS S830 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 830 IS ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 1 the Administrator of General Services shall use funds de- 2 rived from— 3 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 4 Corporation fund; or 5 ‘‘(2) the International Trade Center fund. 6 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The cooperative agreement under 7 subsection (a) shall require the Museum to submit to the 8 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 9 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ- 10 ment and Public Works of the Senate an annual report 11 on the operations and finances of the Museum.’’. 12 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub- 13 chapter III of chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, 14 is amended by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘6735. National Children’s Museum.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S830.IS S830 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS