[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2652 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2652

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make a grant to the National 
World War II Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's 
                     National World War II Museum.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2008

Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
    Vitter, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Alexander) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make a grant to the National 
World War II Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's 
                     National World War II Museum.

    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 ``America's National World War II 
Museum Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT TO NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM FOUNDATION FOR AMERICA'S 
              NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM.

    (a) Grant.--The Secretary of Defense may make a grant in the amount 
of $50,000,000 to the National World War II Museum Foundation for use 
in accordance with subsection (b) for the museum in New Orleans, 
Louisiana, designated as America's National World War II Museum by 
section 8134 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108-87; 117 Stat. 1103) (referred to in this section as the 
``Museum'').
    (b) Use of Funds.--The grant under subsection (a) shall be used for 
the following:
            (1) The planning, design, and construction of a new 
        facility for the Museum, to be known as the United States 
        Freedom Pavilion, and its exhibitions, and the planning, 
        design, and construction of a new canopy over the courtyard of 
        the Museum, to be known as the Canopy of Peace.
            (2) The public display of artifacts, photographs, letters, 
        documents, and personal histories dating from 1939 to 1945, 
        including exhibits portraying American sacrifices both on the 
        battlefield and on the home front and the industrial 
        mobilization of the American home front.
            (3) Educational outreach programs for teachers and 
        students.
            (4) Traveling exhibitions on the history and lessons of 
        World War II for United States military facilities.
            (5) Educational programs to foster the expansion of 
        European and Pacific exhibits at the Museum to be included in 
        the Center for the Study of the American Spirit.
            (6) Projects that enable the Museum to function as a 
        liaison between museums, scholars, and members of the general 
        public in the United States and around the world.
            (7) A readily accessible repository of information and 
        materials reflecting the historical, social, and cultural 
        effects of World War II.
            (8) The preservation, interpretation, and public exhibition 
        of memorabilia, models, artifacts of significance (and 
        replicas), and oral histories from the combat experience of 
        members of the United States Armed Forces.
            (9) Other appropriate activities relating to the management 
        and operation of the United States Freedom Pavilion, including 
        the sale of concessions, appropriate mementos, and other 
        materials, the proceeds of which would help support the overall 
        operation of the Museum and the United States Freedom Pavilion.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 60 months after receiving a grant under 
this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
documenting how the Museum used the grants funds and evaluating the 
success of the projects and activities funded by the grant.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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