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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 407cc. Acquisition of site for and operation of Center

Statutory text

(a)

Providing site

The Secretary through the General Services Administration, is authorized to provide, upon adequate reimbursement, a site, including necessary structures, for the Center by—

(1)

using an existing structure or modifying an existing structure for use; or

(2)

constructing a new structure to house the Center. The Secretary may acquire such land as is necessary to provide a site for the Center.

(b)

Provision of funds to Center

The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements, contracts or leases with the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which shall operate the Center as provided in this subchapter in order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Funds authorized to be appropriated under this subchapter may be made available to the National Constitution Center only to the extent that they are matched by such entity with funds from nonfederal sources.

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.

  1. Constitution Heritage Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–433 § 4 · 102 Stat. 1640

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 407cc

    (Pub. L. 100–433, § 4, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1641.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–433, § 4, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1641.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF SITE FOR AND OPERATION OF THE CENTER. (a) Providing a Site.— The Secretary through the General Services Administration, is authorized to provide, upon adequate reimbursement, a site, including necessary structures, for the Center by— (1) using an existing structure or modifying an existing structure for use; or (2) constructing a new structure to house the Center. The Secretary may acquire such land as is necessary to provide a site for the Center. (b) Provision of Funds to the Center.— The Secretary is authorized Grants. Contracts. to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements, contracts or leases with the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which shall operate the Center as provided in this Act in order to carry out the purposes of this Act. Funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be made available to the National Constitution Center only to the extent that they are matched by such entity with funds from nonfederal sources.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–433, § 4, , 102 Stat. 1641.)

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