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[CITE: 16USC470w-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 
                    Part C--General and Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 470w-5. National Museum for the Building Arts


(a) Cooperative agreement between Secretary, Administrator of General 
        Services Administration and Committee for National Museum of the 
        Building Arts; purposes

     In order to provide a national center to commemorate and encourage 
the building arts and to preserve and maintain a nationally significant 
building which exemplifies the great achievements of the building arts 
in the United States, the Secretary and the Administrator of the General 
Services Administration are authorized and directed to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the Committee for a National Museum of the 
Building Arts, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation organized and 
existing under the laws of the District of Columbia, or its successor, 
for the operation of a National Museum for the Building Arts in the 
Federal Building located in the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth 
Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest in Washington, District of 
Columbia. Such museum shall--
        (1) collect and disseminate information concerning the building 
    arts, including the establishment of a national reference center for 
    current and historic documents, publications, and research relating 
    to the building arts;
        (2) foster educational programs relating to the history, 
    practice and contribution to society of the building arts, including 
    promotion of imaginative educational approaches to enhance 
    understanding and appreciation of all facets of the building arts;
        (3) publicly display temporary and permanent exhibits 
    illustrating, interpreting and demonstrating the building arts;
        (4) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of 
    the building arts and their role in shaping our civilization; and
        (5) encourage contributions to the building arts.

(b) Provisions of cooperative agreement

    The cooperative agreement referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section shall include provisions which--
        (1) make the site available to the Committee referred to in 
    subsection (a) of this section without charge;
        (2) provide, subject to available appropriations, such 
    maintenance, security, information, janitorial and other services as 
    may be necessary to assure the preservation and operation of the 
    site; and
        (3) prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the 
    Committee can fulfill its responsibilities under this subchapter.

(c) Matching grants-in-aid to Committee; limitation on amounts

    The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide matching grants-
in-aid to the Committee referred to in subsection (a) of this section 
for its programs related to historic preservation. The Committee shall 
match such grants-in-aid in a manner and with such funds and services as 
shall be satisfactory to the Secretary, except that no more than 
$500,000 may be provided to the Committee in any one fiscal year.

(d) Renovation of site

    The renovation of the site shall be carried out by the Administrator 
with the advice of the Secretary. Such renovation shall, as far as 
practicable--
        (1) be commenced immediately,
        (2) preserve, enhance, and restore the distinctive and 
    historically authentic architectural character of the site 
    consistent with the needs of a national museum of the building arts 
    and other compatible use, and
        (3) retain the availability of the central court of the 
    building, or portions thereof, for appropriate public activities.

(e) Annual Committee report to Secretary and Administrator

    The Committee shall submit an annual report to the Secretary and the 
Administrator concerning its activities under this section and shall 
provide the Secretary and the Administrator with such other information 
as the Secretary may, from time to time, deem necessary or advisable.

(f) ``Building arts'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``building arts'' includes, 
but shall not be limited to, all practical and scholarly aspects of 
prehistoric, historic, and contemporary architecture, archaeology, 
construction, building technology and skills, landscape architecture, 
preservation and conservation, building and construction, engineering, 
urban and community design and renewal, city and regional planning, and 
related professions, skills, trades, and crafts.

(Pub. L. 89-665, title III, Sec. 306, as added Pub. L. 96-515, title V, 
Sec. 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002.)
