United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9014 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 17, 2020 Mr. KHANNA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 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 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 ‘‘United States 4 Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 5 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:01 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9014.IH H9014 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9014 IH SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMIS- 1 SION. 2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—Section 4 of 3 the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 4 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 685) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subpara- 6 graph (I) and inserting the following: 7 ‘‘(I) The Chairperson of the National En- 8 dowment for the Arts. 9 ‘‘(J) The Chairperson of the National En- 10 dowment for the Humanities. 11 ‘‘(K) The Director of the Institute of Mu- 12 seum and Library Services. 13 ‘‘(L)(i) The Chief Justice of the United 14 States; or 15 ‘‘(ii) an Associate Justice or former Asso- 16 ciate Justice appointed by the Chief Justice of 17 the United States.’’; 18 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 19 following: 20 ‘‘(3) REMOVAL OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PRIVATE 21 CITIZENS.—Following notice and approval of the rel- 22 evant appointing authority, on an affirmative vote of 23 not less than 2⁄3 of the members of the Commission, 24 the Commission may remove a member of the Com- 25 mission appointed under subsection (b)(3).’’; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:01 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9014.IH H9014 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9014 IH (3) in subsection (d)— 1 (A) by striking ‘‘All meetings’’ and insert- 2 ing the following: 3 ‘‘(1) LOCATION OF FIRST MEETING.—The first 4 meeting’’; and 5 (B) by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(2) LOCATION OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.— 7 At least 1 meeting of the Commission each year 8 shall be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.’’. 9 (b) DUTIES.—Section 5(c)(1) of the United States 10 Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 11 114–196; 130 Stat. 687) is amended by striking ‘‘2 years 12 after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘March 31, 2020’’. 14 (c) COORDINATION.—Section 6(b) of the United 15 States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Pub- 16 lic Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 689) is amended— 17 (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘presiding 18 officer of the Federal Council on the Arts and the 19 Humanities, the Chairperson of the National En- 20 dowment for the Arts, and the Chairperson of the 21 National Endowment for the Humanities’’ and in- 22 serting ‘‘Chairperson of the National Endowment for 23 the Arts, the Chairperson of the National Endow- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:01 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9014.IH H9014 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9014 IH ment for the Humanities, and the Director of the 1 Institute of Museum and Library Services’’; and 2 (2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding 3 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and other’’ after 4 ‘‘founding’’. 5 (d) EXPENDITURES OF COMMISSION.—Section 9 of 6 the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 7 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 691) is amended— 8 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 9 following: 10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All expenditures of the Commis- 11 sion shall be made from donations, earned income, and 12 any funds made available to carry out this Act under sub- 13 section (f).’’; 14 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Once each 15 year during the period beginning on the date of en- 16 actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Annually during 17 the period beginning 1 year after the Commission 18 submits the report to the President under section 19 5(c)(1)’’; and 20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 21 ‘‘(e) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS.—The 22 Commission shall have the exclusive right to use, and to 23 allow others to use, the official marks, imprimaturs, and 24 logos of the Commission. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:01 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9014.IH H9014 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 9014 IH ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec- 2 essary to carry out this Act.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:01 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9014.IH H9014 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS