[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5424 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5424

  To prohibit the charging of any fee for admission to any permanent 
   exhibit in any museum or facility of the Smithsonian Institution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2008

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the charging of any fee for admission to any permanent 
   exhibit in any museum or facility of the Smithsonian Institution.

    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 the ``Smithsonian Free Admission Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ADMISSION FEES FOR PERMANENT EXHIBITS AT 
              SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

    (a) Prohibiting Admission Fees.--No fee may be charged for 
admission to any exhibit which is part of the permanent collection of 
any museum or facility which is part of any bureau established in or 
under the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Gallery of 
Art.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the exhibition 
entitled ``Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution'' at the 
National Museum of Natural History.
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