§ 407aa. — Findings and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC407aa]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LI-A--NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
Sec. 407aa. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings
Congress finds that:
(1) 1987 was the bicentennial of the signing of the United
States Constitution;
(2) commemoration of the Constitution's bicentennial included
various events conducted by the Federal Commission on the
Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, and State and local
bicentennial commissions;
(3) bicentennial activities included important educational and
instructional programs to heighten public awareness of the
Constitution and the democratic process;
(4) educational programs for the Constitution should continue
after the bicentennial to document its profound impact on the
political, economic and social development of this Nation, and in
order to recognize those Americans instrumental in the history of
the Constitution; and
(5) units of the National Park System preserve and interpret key
historic sites that document the history of the origins, subsequent
development, and effects of the United States Constitution on this
Nation.
(b) Purposes
It is therefore the policy of the Congress to provide each of the
following:
(1) the necessary resources to develop a national resource
center to undertake, on an ongoing basis, educational programs on
the Constitution;
(2) exhibits of, and an archives for, programs on or related to
the recent bicentennial of the United States Constitution; and
(3) interpretation of the United States Constitution at those
units of the National Park System particularly relevant to its
history.
(Pub. L. 100-433, Sec. 2, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1640.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 100-433 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this subchapter] may be cited as the `Constitution Heritage Act of
1988'.''
