National Children’s Museum Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5919 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works AN ACT 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:20 Nov 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5919.RFS H5919 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 5919 RFS 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 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 7 (1) the Museum and Library Services Act of 8 2003 (Public Law 108–81) designated the Capital 9 Children’s Museum, the predecessor to the National 10 Children’s Museum, as the ‘‘National Children’s Mu- 11 seum’’; 12 (2) the National Children’s Museum operates 13 under section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue 14 Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the 15 District of Columbia; 16 (3) the mission of the National Children’s Mu- 17 seum is to inspire children to care about and change 18 the world; and 19 (4) the National Children’s Museum is located 20 in the federally-owned Ronald Reagan Building and 21 International Trade Center. 22 (b) NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM.—Chapter 67 23 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 24 the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:20 Nov 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5919.RFS H5919 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 5919 RFS ‘‘§ 6735. National Children’s Museum 1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 30 days after 2 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 3 of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agree- 4 ment with the National Children’s Museum for the oper- 5 ation of the National Children’s Museum in the approxi- 6 mately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as 7 suite C–001 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Space’) of the 8 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 9 for the duration of the retail space license agreement be- 10 tween Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a 11 successor entity, and the Museum, dated December 4, 12 2017, including any exercised renewal options. 13 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The cooperative agreement under 14 subsection (a) shall include provisions that— 15 ‘‘(1) require, for the period in which the Gen- 16 eral Services Administration owns or controls the 17 Space, the General Services Administration to pro- 18 vide rent for the Space; and 19 ‘‘(2) terminate such agreement if— 20 ‘‘(A) the Museum does not continue to 21 qualify as a nonprofit organization under sec- 22 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 23 1986; and 24 ‘‘(B) the Museum no longer uses the Space 25 as a children’s museum; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:20 Nov 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5919.RFS H5919 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 5919 RFS ‘‘(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring 1 the interest in such agreement. 2 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 3 the Administrator shall use funds derived from— 4 ‘‘(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 5 Corporation fund; or 6 ‘‘(2) the International Trade Center fund. 7 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The cooperative agreement under 8 subsection (a) shall require the National Children’s Mu- 9 seum to submit to the Committee on Transportation and 10 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 11 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen- 12 ate an annual report on the operations and finances of 13 the Museum.’’. 14 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap- 15 ter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add- 16 ing at the end the following: 17 ‘‘6735. National Children’s Museum.’’. SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 18 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 19 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 20 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 21 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 22 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 23 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:20 Nov 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5919.RFS H5919 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 HR 5919 RFS vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 1 vote on passage. 2 Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 2020. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:20 Nov 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5919.RFS H5919 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS