[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 8 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S139-S140]
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  SA 4182. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Ms. Alsobrooks) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6938, making 
consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2026, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the John F. 
     Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts shall, with respect to 
     any change made on or after December 18, 2025, to the name of 
     the center established under section 2 of the John F. Kennedy 
     Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76h) on any building of the United 
     States, on any material or display of the United States 
     (physical, digital, or otherwise), or in any regulation, map, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States 
     (physical, digital, or otherwise), change back to the name 
     used before December 18, 2025, on such building, material, 
     display, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of 
     the United States (physical, digital, or otherwise).
       (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 
     appropriation Act enacted before, on, or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act may be used to change any reference to 
     the name of the John F. Kennedy

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     Center for the Performing Arts, as designated under the John 
     F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76h) --
       (1) on any building of the United States;
       (2) on any material or display of the United States 
     (physical, digital, or otherwise); or
       (3) in any regulation, map, document, paper, or other 
     record of the United States (physical, digital, or 
     otherwise).
       (c) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts shall submit a report to the 
     Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
     of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
     of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives that provides an accounting of all funds used 
     on or after December 18, 2025, to change any reference to the 
     name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on 
     any building, material, display, regulation, map, document, 
     paper, or other record of the United States (physical, 
     digital, or otherwise).

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