[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2910

   To amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to provide for the 
             operation of the National Constitution Center.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 5, 2002

 Mr. Santorum introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to provide for the 
             operation of the National Constitution Center.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER.

    Section 4 of the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 
407cc) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Operation of the Center.--
            ``(1) In general.--A cooperative agreement entered into 
        under subsection (b) shall--
                    ``(A) authorize the Center, in cooperation with the 
                Secretary, to--
                            ``(i) operate the Center; and
                            ``(ii) provide to visitors to the Center 
                        any activities and services relating to and 
                        consistent with any functions of the Center 
                        under section 3;
                    ``(B) authorize the Center, acting as a private 
                nonprofit organization, to--
                            ``(i) carry out activities that are 
                        appropriate for the operation of the Center, 
                        including charging fees, conducting events, and 
                        selling and marketing merchandise, tickets for 
                        activities of the Center, and food to visitors 
                        to the Center; and
                            ``(ii) negotiate and enter into any 
                        agreements, leases, contracts, or other 
                        arrangements with any person, firm, 
                        association, organization, corporation, or 
                        governmental entity (including the Federal 
                        Government and any State and local governments) 
                        appropriate to carry out activities at the 
                        Center;
                    ``(C) provide that any revenues from facilities and 
                services of the Center shall be used to offset the 
                expenses of operating the Center;
                    ``(D) authorize the Center to occupy the site and 
                any structures provided under subsection (a)--
                            ``(i) for a term specified in the 
                        cooperative agreement not to exceed 99 years; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) in accordance with any terms and 
                        conditions of the cooperative agreement; and
                    ``(E) include any other terms and conditions that 
                the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            ``(2) Exemption from applicable law.--An agreement, lease, 
        contract, or other arrangement entered into under paragraph (1) 
        shall not be subject to section 3(k) of Public Law 91-383 (16 
        U.S.C. 1a-2(k)) or section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1939 (40 
        U.S.C. 303(b)).''.
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