 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
 
Sec. 76i. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


(a) In general

    The Board shall construct for the Smithsonian Institution, with 
funds raised by voluntary contributions, a building to be designated as 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a site in the 
District of Columbia bounded by the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the 
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, Rock Creek Parkway on 
the west, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, which shall be 
selected for such purpose by the National Capital Planning Commission. 
The National Capital Planning Commission shall acquire by purchase, 
condemnation, or otherwise, lands necessary to provide for the John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and related facilities. Such 
building shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved 
by the Commission of Fine Arts.

(b) Parking garage additions and site improvements

                           (1) In general

        Substantially in accordance with the plan entitled ``Site Master 
    Plan--Drawing Number 1997-2 April 29, 1997,'' and map number NCR 
    844/82571, the Board may design and construct--
            (A) an addition to the parking garage at each of the north 
        and south ends of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
        Arts; and
            (B) site improvements and modifications.

                          (2) Availability

        The plan shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
    the office of the Secretary of the Center.

             (3) Limitation on use of appropriated funds

        No appropriated funds may be used to pay the costs (including 
    the repayment of obligations incurred to finance costs) of--
            (A) the design and construction of an addition to the 
        parking garage authorized under paragraph (1)(A);
            (B) the design and construction of site improvements and 
        modifications authorized under paragraph (1)(B) that the Board 
        specifically designates will be financed using sources other 
        than appropriated funds; or
            (C) any project to acquire large screen format equipment for 
        an interpretive theater, or to produce an interpretive film, 
        that the Board specifically designates will be financed using 
        sources other than appropriated funds.

(Pub. L. 85-874, Sec. 3, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1699; Pub. L. 88-260, 
Sec. 1(2), Jan. 23, 1964, 78 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 105-95, Sec. 2, Nov. 19, 
1997, 111 Stat. 2148.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-95 substituted section catchline for former 
section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and 
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
    1964--Pub. L. 88-260 substituted ``John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts'' for ``National Cultural Center'' wherever appearing.
