[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 674 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 674

  To amend the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to reaffirm and 
 revise the designation of America's National Maritime Museum, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2003

 Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
  Feingold, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Lieberman, Mr. Dodd, and Ms. Mikulski) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to reaffirm and 
 revise the designation of America's National Maritime Museum, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``America's National Maritime Museum 
Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION AND REVISION OF DESIGNATION OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL 
              MARITIME MUSEUM UNDER THE NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE ACT 
              OF 1994.

    (a) Amendment of 1994 Act.--The National Maritime Heritage Act of 
1994 (16 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 9 
the following new section:

``SEC. 9A. DESIGNATION OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM.

    ``(a) In General.--America's National Maritime Museum is comprised 
of those museums designated by law to be museums of America's National 
Maritime Museum on the basis that they--
            ``(1) house a collection of maritime artifacts clearly 
        representing the Nation's maritime heritage; and
            ``(2) provide outreach programs to educate the public about 
        the Nation's maritime heritage.
    ``(b) Initial Designation of Museums.--The following museums 
(meeting the criteria specified in subsection (a)) are designated as 
museums of America's National Maritime Museum:
            ``(1) The Mariners' Museum, located at 100 Museum Drive, 
        Newport News, Virginia.
            ``(2) The South Street Seaport Museum, located at 207 Front 
        Street, New York, New York.
            ``(3) The Maine Maritime Museum, located at 243 Washington 
        Street, Bath, Maine.
            ``(4) The Penobscot Marine Museum, located at 5 Church 
        Street, Searsport, Maine.
            ``(5) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum, 
        located at 265 Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
            ``(6) The New Bedford Whaling Museum, located at 18 Johnny 
        Cake Hill, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
            ``(7) The Peabody Essex Museum, located at East India 
        Square, Salem, Massachusetts.
            ``(8) The USS Constitution Museum, located at Building 22 
        in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts.
            ``(9) The Connecticut River Museum, located at 67 Main 
        Street, Essex, Connecticut.
            ``(10) The Mystic Seaport Museum, located in Mystic, 
        Connecticut.
            ``(11) The Independence Seaport Museum, located at 211 
        South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
            ``(12) The San Francisco National Historical Park, located 
        at National Park Service Building E, Room 265, Lower Fort 
        Mason, San Francisco, California.
            ``(13) The Navy Museum, located at Washington Navy Yard, 
        Washington, District of Columbia.
            ``(14) The Calvert Marine Museum, located in Solomons, 
        Maryland.
            ``(15) The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, located in Saint 
        Michaels, Maryland.
            ``(16) The Adirondack Museum, located in Blue Mountain 
        Lake, New York.
            ``(17) The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, located in 
        Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
            ``(18) The Erie Canal Museum, located at 318 Erie Boulevard 
        East, Syracuse, New York.
            ``(19) The North Carolina Maritime Museum, located at 315 
        Front Street, Beaufort, North Carolina.
            ``(20) The Columbia River Maritime Museum, located at 1792 
        Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon.
            ``(21) The Wisconsin Maritime Museum, located at 75 
        Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
    ``(c) Future Designation of Other Museums Not Precluded.--The 
designation of the museums referred to in subsection (b) as museums of 
America's National Maritime Museum does not preclude the designation by 
law of any other museum that meets the criteria specified in subsection 
(a) as a museum of America's National Maritime Museum.
    ``(d) Reference to Museums.--Any reference in any law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to a 
museum designated by law to be a museum of America's National Maritime 
Museum shall be deemed to be a reference to that museum as a museum of 
America's National Maritime Museum.''.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LAW.

    Section 1068 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2135; 16 U.S.C. 
5409) is repealed.
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