[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2908]
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  SA 788. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. ____. SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM SITES.

       (a) Commemorative Works Act.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law or regulation (including section 8908(c) of 
     title 40, United States Code, and division T of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public law 116-260)) 
     the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum and the 
     National Museum of the American Latino may be located within 
     the Reserve (as defined in section 8902(a) of title 40, 
     United States Code).
       (b) Written Notification of Transfer.--
       (1) Notification to federal agency or entity .--The Board 
     of Regents shall not designate a site for the Smithsonian 
     American Women's History Museum and the National Museum of 
     the American Latino that is under the administrative 
     jurisdiction of another Federal agency or entity without 
     first notifying the head of the Federal agency or entity.
       (2) Notification to congress.--Once notified under 
     paragraph (1), 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.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     as soon as practicable after the date on which Congress 
     receives the written notification described in subsection 
     (b)(2), 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.
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