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[H.R. 4097 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4097

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for 
   the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 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 the ``John F. Kennedy Center 
Reauthorization Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION PROJECT FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS.
    Section 3 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76i) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Expansion Project.--
        ``(1) Authority to construct.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subject to the requirements of this 
        subsection, the Board may undertake such activities as may be 
        necessary to construct the expansion project.
            ``(B) Responsibilities of the board.--The Board may 
        construct the expansion project, and shall be responsible for 
        the planning, design, engineering, and construction of the 
        expansion project.
            ``(C) Limitations.--
                ``(i) Mission.--All activities carried out under this 
            paragraph shall be within the mission of the John F. 
            Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to serve as the 
            national center for the performing arts.
                ``(ii) Funding.--The costs of planning, design, 
            engineering, and construction of the expansion project 
            shall be paid for using nonappropriated funds.
        ``(2) Annual operations and maintenance costs.--
            ``(A) Estimates.--Before awarding a contract for 
        construction of the expansion project, the Board shall estimate 
        any additional annual operations and maintenance costs (or 
        savings) associated with the project.
            ``(B) Budget requests.--The Board shall account for any 
        additional costs identified under subparagraph (A) in making a 
        budget request for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.
            ``(C) Budget priorities.--The Board shall base a final 
        determination on whether to proceed with the expansion project 
        on the ability of the Board to accommodate any additional costs 
        identified under subparagraph (A) within the other budget 
        priorities of the Board.
        ``(3) Acknowledgments.--The Board may acknowledge private 
    contributions used in carrying out the expansion project in the 
    interior of the project, but may not acknowledge such private 
    contributions on the exterior of the project. Any acknowledgment of 
    private contributions under this paragraph shall be consistent with 
    the requirements of section 4(b).
        ``(4) Expansion project defined.--In this subsection, the term 
    `expansion project' means an addition to the south end of the 
    building of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
    that--
            ``(A) is less than 100,000 square feet;
            ``(B) will improve the existing (as of the date of 
        enactment of this subsection) accessibility and education 
        functions of the Center; and
            ``(C) will become part of the existing (as of the date of 
        enactment of this subsection) structure of the Center.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is 
amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) Maintenance, Repair, and Security.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H) $22,379,000 
for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014.
    ``(b) Capital Projects.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 4(a)(1) 
$13,588,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.