[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2853]
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  SA 731. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. 
Lujan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10_____. SITE OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO.

       (a) Authorizing Site Within Reserve of National Mall.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including regulations), including section 8908(c) of title 
     40, United States Code, the National Museum of the American 
     Latino may be located within the Reserve (as that term is 
     defined in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code).
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 201(g)(4) of division T 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 
     80u(g)(4)), is amended by striking ``, except that'' and all 
     that follows through ``that title)''.
       (b) Use of Site Under the Jurisdiction of Another Federal 
     Agency.--Section 201(g) of division T of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80u(g)), is amended by 
     striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Site under the jurisdiction of another federal 
     agency.--
       ``(A) Notification to other agency or entity.--The Board of 
     Regents shall not designate a site for the Museum that is 
     under the administrative jurisdiction of another Federal 
     agency or entity without first notifying the head of the 
     Federal agency or entity.
       ``(B) Notification to committees.--Once notified under 
     subparagraph (A), the head of the Federal agency or entity 
     shall promptly submit written notification to the Chair and 
     ranking minority members of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and 
     the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives, stating that the Federal agency or 
     entity was notified by the Board of Regents that a site under 
     its jurisdiction was designated and that a transfer will be 
     initiated as soon as practicable.
       ``(C) Transfer.--As soon as practicable after the date on 
     which the individuals described in subparagraph (B) receive 
     the written notification described in that subparagraph, the 
     head of the Federal agency or entity shall transfer to the 
     Smithsonian Institution its administrative jurisdiction over 
     the land or structure that has been designated as the site 
     for the Museum.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect as if included in the 
     enactment of section 201 of division T of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80u).
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