[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4359-S4360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2020

  Mrs. LOEFFLER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3989 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3989) 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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mrs. LOEFFLER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3989) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows

                                S. 3989

       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.--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

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       (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 (g).'';
       (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 sole power to authorize, license, and, as 
     applicable, derive income from, the usage of official marks, 
     imprimaturs, products, and logos of the Commission and the 
     official United States Semiquincentennial activities 
     sponsored or cosponsored by the Commission.
       ``(f) Enforcement.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), except as 
     authorized under rules and regulations officially issued by 
     the Commission, any person who knowingly manufactures, 
     reproduces, or uses any logo, symbol, or mark originated 
     under authority of, and certified by, in accordance with 
     paragraph (2), the Commission or the secretariat of the 
     Commission described in subsection (b) for use in connection 
     with the commemoration of the United States 
     Semiquincentennial, or any facsimile of the logo, symbol, or 
     mark, or holds out to the public objects in a manner to 
     suggest any logo, symbol, or mark not officially authorized 
     by the Commission or the secretariat of the Commission, shall 
     be fined not more than $1,000 for each unauthorized use, 
     imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.
       ``(2) Applicability date.--The requirements of paragraph 
     (1) shall apply beginning on the date of publication in the 
     Federal Register of notice of certification by the Commission 
     or secretariat of the Commission with respect to a logo, 
     symbol, or mark.
       ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     carry out this Act.''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.

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