§ 71. — Designation of site.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC71]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Sec. 71. Designation of site
The area bounded by Seventh Street, Constitution Avenue, Fourth
Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is
appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as a site for a National
Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to permit the
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust (hereinafter referred to
as the donor) to construct on said site for the Smithsonian Institution
a building to be designated the National Gallery of Art, and to remove
any existing structure and landscape the grounds within said area. The
adjoining area bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third
Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is
reserved as a site for future additions to the National Gallery of Art.
The project shall be in accordance with plans and specifications
approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.
(Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 51.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Pub. L. 106-385, Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1463, provided that:
``SECTION 1. RENAMING OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART.
``(a) In General.--The National Museum of American Art, as
designated under section 1 of Public Law 96-441 (20 U.S.C. 71 note),
shall be known as the `Smithsonian American Art Museum'.
``(b) References in Law.--Any reference in any law, regulation,
document, or paper to the National Museum of American Art shall be
considered to be a reference to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
``SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
``Section 1 shall take effect on the day after the date of enactment
of this Act [Oct. 27, 2000].''
Pub. L. 96-441, Secs. 1, 3, 4, Oct. 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 1884,
provided: ``That the bureau of the Smithsonian Institution designated as
the National Collection of Fine Arts by section 6(c) of the joint
resolution entitled `Joint Resolution providing for the construction and
maintenance of a National Gallery of Art', approved March 24, 1937 (20
U.S.C. 71 note), shall be known as the `National Museum of American
Art'.
``Sec. 3. Any reference in any law, regulation, document, or paper
to the National Collection of Fine Arts or the Museum of History and
Technology shall on and after the effective date of this Act [Oct. 13,
1980] be considered to be a reference to the National Museum of American
Art and the National Museum of American History, respectively.
``Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on the day after the date of
the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 1980].''
Act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, sections 1 to 5 of which are
incorporated as sections 71, 72 to 74, and 75 of this title, provided in
section 6(c) that: ``The existing bureau of the Smithsonian Institution
now designated as a national gallery of art shall hereafter be known as
the National Collection of Fine Arts.''
General Post Office Building; Transfer to Smithsonian Institution for
Use as Art Galleries; Relocation of United States International Trade
Commission
Pub. L. 98-523, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2433, provided: ``That at
such time as it is declared to be excess property pursuant to section
2(d) of this Act, the Administrator of General Services (hereinafter in
this Act referred to as the `Administrator') is authorized to transfer
to the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with section 202 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 483)
[now 40 U.S.C. 521-527, 529], without reimbursement, and for use by the
Smithsonian Institution for certain art galleries and related functions,
the General Post Office Building with any attached underground
structures and the site of such building, located between Seventh and
Eighth Streets Northwest and E and F Streets Northwest, in the District
of Columbia.
``Sec. 2. (a) The Administrator, at the earliest practicable date,
shall relocate all operations of the United States International Trade
Commission (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the `Commission') to
a building in downtown Washington, District of Columbia. The
Administrator's determination as to such relocation shall be based on
studies and investigations in which the Chairman of the Commission shall
have full opportunity to consult and cooperate with the Administrator.
Such consultation shall include opportunity for the Chairman to
participate jointly with the Administrator in surveys of available
buildings and to submit views and recommendations to the Administrator
with respect to space suitable for the Commission's operations. The
Administrator shall advise the Chairman in writing of the building to
which the operations of the Commission are to be relocated. The
Administrator's determination of such relocation shall not take effect
for a period of at least sixty days after the date such determination is
made and the Chairman is advised of the building to which the operations
of the Commission are to be relocated. In the event the Chairman
disagrees with the Administrator's determination of such relocation, the
Chairman, within thirty days after the Chairman is advised of the
building to which the operations of the Commission are to be relocated,
may make a written request for review of such determination to the
Administrator, and the Administrator shall conduct a formal review of
such determination.
``(b) The Administrator and the Chairman shall each report
separately in writing to the Committees on Environment and Public Works,
Finance, Rules and Administration, and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate and to the Committees on Public Works and Transportation, Ways
and Means, House Administration, and Government Operations of the House
of Representatives not later than sixty days after the date of enactment
of this Act [Oct. 19, 1984] and every thirty days thereafter on the
status of the relocation required by this section.
``(c) During the period in which the Commission and the United
States Postal Service continue to occupy the General Post Office
Building referred to in the first section of this Act, the Administrator
shall maintain such building in order to prevent its deterioration and
to assure that conditions therein are safe and the building is
presentable and suitable to the normal operations of the Commission and
such Service.
``(d) Upon accomplishment of the relocation required by subsection
(a) of this section, the Administrator shall declare the property
referred to in the first section of this Act to be excess property as
defined in section 3 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472) [now 40 U.S.C. 102].
``Sec. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution $40,000,000 for fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1984, for renovation and repair, after the
transfer made under the first section of this Act, of the General Post
Office Building referred to in such section. Any portion of the sums
appropriated under this section may be transferred to the General
Services Administration which, in consultation with the Smithsonian
Institution, is authorized to enter into contracts and take such other
action, to the extent of the sums so transferred to it, as may be
necessary to carry out such renovation and repair. No contract for such
renovation or repair shall be advertised or entered into before the end
of the period of thirty days of continuous session of Congress beginning
on the date the Smithsonian Institution submits to the Committees on
Public Works and Transportation and House Administration of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and
Rules and Administration of the Senate the plans and advanced
engineering and design for such renovation and repair. For purposes of
this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of
Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session
because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are
excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is
in continuous session.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 71a of this title.
