[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2057 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2057

 Providing for additional space for the protection and preservation of 
       national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2015

  Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Perdue) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                        Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 Providing for additional space for the protection and preservation of 
       national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD 
              BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

    (a) In General.--Public Law 94-98 (20 U.S.C. 50 note; 89 Stat. 480) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL SPACE AND RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL COLLECTIONS HELD 
              BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution may plan, design, and construct additional storage 
facilities for collections storage modules and hangar additions to the 
National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, 
and additional storage and laboratory space at the Museum Support 
Center at the Suitland Collections Center in Suitland, Maryland, to 
accommodate the care, preservation, conservation, deposit, and study of 
national collections held in trust by the Institution.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
            ``(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;
            ``(3) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; and
            ``(4) $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of Public Law 94-98 (20 U.S.C. 
50 note; 89 Stat. 480) is amended by striking ``(other than section 
4)'' and inserting ``(other than sections 4 and 5)''.
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