set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 63 Stat. 108. Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c). TITLE II-ADVISORY COMMISSION sion. SEC. 201. There is hereby created a National Visitor Facilities Advi- National Visitor sory Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Commis- Facilities Adsion") which shall (1) conduct a continuing review of the National visory CommisVisitor Center established pursuant to title I of this Act, (2) conduct Establishment. continuing investigations and studies of sites and plans to provide additional facilities and services for visitors and students coming to the Nation's Capital, and (3) advise the Secretary and the Administrator with respect to the planning, construction, acquisition, and operation of all such visitor facilities. SEC. 202. (a) The Commission shall be composed of the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, the Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, six Members of the Senate, three from each party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and six Members of the House of Representatives, three from each party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three members appointed by the President, at least two of whom shall not be officers of the Federal Government, and one member of whom shall be a representative of the District of Columbia government. NonFederal members shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The Secretary shall be the Chairman of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman. (b) Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees Compensation, of the Federal Government or the government of the District of travel exColumbia shall be entitled to receive compensation in accordance with penses. section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the government service employed intermittently. (c) The Director of the National Park Service, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide the necessary staff and facilities to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this title. SEC. 203. The Commission shall, from time to time, report to the Secretary and the Administrator the results of its reviews, studies, and investigations. In the case of any report recommending additional facilities for visitors, such report shall include the Commission's recommendations as to a site or sites for the facilities to be provided, together with preliminary plans, specifications, and architectural drawings for such facilities as well as the estimated cost of the recommended sites and facilities. TITLE III-CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER SEC. 301. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the House Office Building Commission and the Senate Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized and directed to provide adequate space and facilities in the Capitol Building for an educational and informational center and information and distribution stations to afford visitors to the Capitol Building an opportunity to acquire (1) information relative to Congressional offices, (2) assistance relative to their visit to the Capitol, (3) pamphlets, books, drawings, slides and photographs, and related materials, and (4) information about the Capital and the history of the Capitol Building and past and present Congresses. All materials distributed by 80 Stat. 416. 80 Stat. 499. 45 82 STAT. Report. 82 STAT. 46 such educational and informational center and such stations shall first be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, after consultation with the House Committee on House Administration, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the United States Capitol Historical Society, and such other educational and historical groups as the Architect of the Capitol deems appropriate. The Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements as may be reasonably necessary to operate such educational and informational center and stations. Approved March 12, 1968. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 810 (Comm. on Public Works) and No. 1131 SENATE REPORT No. 959 (Comm. on Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 113 (1967): Nov. 27, considered and passed House. amended. Feb. 28, Senate agreed to conference report. 90th Congress, S. 3159 An Act Authorizing the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art to construct a building or buildings on the site bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third Street, and Madison Drive Northwest, in the District of Columbia, and making provision for the maintenance thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 82 STAT, 286 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Trustees National Gallery of the National Gallery of Art are authorized to construct within the of Art. area reserved as a site for future additions by the third sentence of the Additional build. first section of the joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution provid- ing. ing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art", approved March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51; 20 U.S.C. 71 et seq.) one or more buildings to serve as additions to the National Gallery of Art. The cost of constructing any such building shall be paid from trust funds administered by such Trustees. The plans and specifications for any such building shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. SEC. 2. Any building constructed under authority of the first section of this Act shall, upon completion, be a part of the National Gallery of Art. SEC. 3. Paragraph (2) of section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Smithsonian Institution and its constituent bureaus", approved October 24, 1951 (65 Stat. 634; 40 U.S.C. 193n et seq.) is amended by inserting 78 Stat. 366. "(A)" immediately after "held to extend" and by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "(B) to the line of the face of the south curb of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, between Fourth Street and Third Street Northwest, to the line of the face of the west curb of Third Street Northwest, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Drive Northwest, to the line of the face of the north curb of Madison Drive Northwest, between Third Street and Fourth Street Northwest, and to the line of the face of the east curb of Fourth Street Northwest, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Drive Northwest." SEC. 4. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized Jurisdiction. to transfer to the United States such jurisdiction as the District of Columbia may have over any of the property within the area referred to in the first section of this Act. SEC. 5. If any public utility (whether privately or publicly owned) located within the area referred to in the first section of this Act is required to be relocated or protected by reason of the construction within such area of any addition to the National Gallery of Art, the cost of such relocation or protection shall be paid from trust funds administered by the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art. Approved July 5, 1968. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1513 accompanying H. R. 16358 (Comm. on Public Works). SENATE REPORT No. 1114 (Comm. on Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 114 (1968): May 14: Considered and passed Senate. June 17: Considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of June 21: Senate agreed to House amendment. 90th Congress, H. R. 13402 July 21, 1968 An Act Authorizing the use of certain buildings in the District of Columbia for chancery purposes. 82 STAT. 396 Certain buildings for chanoery use. 78 Stat. 1092. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) para- D. C. graph (1) of section 2 of the Act of October 13, 1964 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-418a (1)), is amended by inserting immediately after "such building" the following: "(A) for which negotiations had been entered into with a foreign government before the date of the enactment of this Act to sell such building for use as a chancery, which negotiations resulted in the making of a contract on or before June 1, 1965, with such government to sell such building for such use or (B)". (b) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 5-418c) is amended by inserting immediately after "(D.C. Code, sec. 5-418)" the following: "or paragraph (1) of section 2 of this Act". Approved July 21, 1968. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 908 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). Vol. 113 (1967): Nov. 20, considered and passed House. |