[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1852 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1852

To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin 
   Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the 
 development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the 
                      birth of Benjamin Franklin.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 12, 2003

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin 
   Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the 
 development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the 
                      birth of Benjamin Franklin.

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

SECTION 1. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) in Public Law 92-551 (86 Stat. 1164), Congress--
                    (A) designated the Benjamin Franklin Memorial Hall 
                as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial; and
                    (B) directed the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
                into a cooperative agreement with the Franklin 
                Institute; and
            (2) in a memorandum of understanding entered into on 
        November 6, 1973, the Secretary of the Interior agreed to 
        cooperate in the preservation and presentation of the Benjamin 
        Franklin Memorial Hall as a national memorial.
    (b) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall provide a 
grant to the Franklin Institute to--
            (1) rehabilitate the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial 
        (including the Franklin statue) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
        and
            (2) develop an exhibit featuring artifacts and multimedia 
        collections relating to Benjamin Franklin, to be displayed at a 
        museum adjacent to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act for fiscal years 2004 through 2008 
$10,000,000.
                                 <all>