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[S. 3989 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3989

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To amend the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to 
 modify certain membership and other requirements of the United States 
         Semiquincentennial Commission, 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 ``United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission Amendments Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
    (a) Establishment of Commission.--Section 4 of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 685) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (I) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(I) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
        Arts.
            ``(J) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
        Humanities.
            ``(K) The Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 
        Services.
            ``(L)(i) The Chief Justice of the United States; or
            ``(ii) an Associate Justice or former Associate Justice 
        appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.'';
        (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Removal of members who are private citizens.--Following 
    notice and approval of the relevant appointing authority, on an 
    affirmative vote of not less than \2/3\ of the members of the 
    Commission, the Commission may remove a member of the Commission 
    appointed under subsection (b)(3).''; and
        (3) in subsection (d)--
            (A) by striking ``All meetings'' and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(1) Location of first meeting.--The first meeting''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Location of subsequent meetings.--At least 1 meeting of 
    the Commission each year shall be held in Philadelphia, 
    Pennsylvania.''.
    (b) Duties.--Section 5(c)(1) of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 687) is amended by striking ``2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act'' and inserting ``March 31, 2020''.
    (c) Coordination.--Section 6(b) of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 689) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``presiding officer of the 
    Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, the Chairperson of 
    the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chairperson of the 
    National Endowment for the Humanities'' and inserting ``Chairperson 
    of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chairperson of the 
    National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Director of the 
    Institute of Museum and Library Services''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
    by inserting ``and other'' after ``founding''.
    (d) Expenditures of Commission.--Section 9 of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 
Stat. 691) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--All expenditures of the Commission shall be made 
from donations, earned income, and any funds made available to carry 
out this Act under subsection (f).'';
        (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``Once each year during the 
    period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
    inserting ``Annually during the period beginning 1 year after the 
    Commission submits the report to the President under section 
    5(c)(1)''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Intellectual Property Protections.--The Commission shall have 
the exclusive right to use, and to allow others to use, the official 
marks, imprimaturs, and logos of the Commission.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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