[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 598 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 598

  To establish a commission to study the establishment of a national 
          education museum and archive for the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2003

  Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a commission to study the establishment of a national 
          education museum and archive for the United States.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

     Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States has developed a unique and powerful 
        system of education that is admired throughout the world.
            (2) The American education system has developed into an 
        increasingly complex and rich mixture of public and private 
        education since the founding of this Nation.
            (3) There is no central location or agency responsible for 
        the identification and preservation of American education's 
        history.
            (4) There is a need for a national place of study and 
        research on American education and schooling in all its 
        dimensions.
            (5) There is a need to study the development of a national 
        historical and archival repository for American education.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

     The purpose of this Act is to establish a national commission to 
study the development of a national education museum and archive for 
the United States.

SEC. 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Appointment of Commission.--The Secretary of Education shall 
appoint a national commission including representatives from both the 
public and private sectors to study the development, creation, and 
operation of a national education museum and archive (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--The Commission, not to exceed 15 members, shall be 
broadly representative of the spectrum of American education and shall 
include educators, archivists, museum professionals, and policy makers.
    (c) Duration of Commission; Reports.--
            (1) Duration of commission.--The Commission shall exist for 
        a period not to exceed 2 years.
            (2) Reports.--The Commission shall submit regular interim 
        reports and a final report to the Secretary of Education and 
        the Congress not later than 2 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (d) Duties of Commission.--The Commission shall undertake at least 
the following actions:
            (1) Generally defining the requirements for developing, 
        creating, and operating a national education museum and 
        archive.
            (2) Elaborating on, and assessing, the existing conditions 
        affecting such requirements.
            (3) Undertaking detailed project structure development and 
        planning.
            (4) Undertaking detailed museum and archive planning.
            (5) Making detailed recommendations for the creation and 
        operation of a national education museum and archive.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

     As used in this Act:
            (1) Archive.--The term ``archive'' means an organization, 
        that identifies, collects, describes, arranges, and makes 
        accessible primary source material relevant to its mission.
            (2) Education.--The term ``education'' means all aspects of 
        American pedagogy, including public and private institutions, 
        all levels of schooling, and all specializations, including 
        special education and vocational education.
            (3) Museum.--The term ``museum'' means an organization that 
        identifies, collects, describes, arranges, and interprets 
        artifacts relevant to its mission.
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