Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 407bb. Establishment
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish The National Constitution Center (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Center”) within or in close proximity to the Independence National Historical Park. The Center shall disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
Functions of Center
The functions of the Center shall include—
serving as a center of exhibits and related materials on the history and contemporary significance of the Constitution;
directing a national program of public education on the Constitution; issuing traveling exhibits, commissioning radio and television programs, furnishing materials for the schools, and providing other education services;
functioning as an intellectual center, drawing both academics and practitioners to debate and refine constitutional issues and, at the same time, providing intellectual support for the Center’s exhibits and public education program; and
creating archives for programs on the bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Constitution Heritage Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–433 § 3 · 102 Stat. 1640
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 407bb
(Pub. L. 100–433, § 3, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1640.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–433, § 3, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1640.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER. (a) Establishment by Secretary of the Interior.— The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish The National Constitution Center (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Center”) within or in close proximity to the Public information. Independence National Historical Park. The Center shall disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people. (b) Functions of the Center.— The functions of the Center shall include— (1) serving as a center of exhibits and related materials on the history and contemporary significance of the Constitution; (2) directing a national program of public education on the Education. Constitution; issuing traveling exhibits, commissioning radio and television programs, furnishing materials for the schools, and providing other education services; (3) functioning as an intellectual center, drawing both academics and practitioners to debate and refine constitutional issues and, at the same time, providing intellectual support for the Center’s exhibits and public education program; and (4) creating archives for programs on the bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
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