§ 407bb. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC407bb]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LI-A--NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
Sec. 407bb. Establishment
(a) In general
The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred
to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish The National Constitution
Center (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the ``Center'')
within or in close proximity to the Independence National Historical
Park. The Center shall disseminate information about the United States
Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase the awareness
and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
(b) Functions of Center
The functions of the Center shall include--
(1) serving as a center of exhibits and related materials on the
history and contemporary significance of the Constitution;
(2) directing a national program of public education on the
Constitution; issuing traveling exhibits, commissioning radio and
television programs, furnishing materials for the schools, and
providing other education services;
(3) functioning as an intellectual center, drawing both
academics and practitioners to debate and refine constitutional
issues and, at the same time, providing intellectual support for the
Center's exhibits and public education program; and
(4) creating archives for programs on the bicentennial of the
United States Constitution.
(Pub. L. 100-433, Sec. 3, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1640.)
