This Act creates the Commission to Study Potential Uses of the Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall. The Commission will have nine voting members appointed by Congressional leaders and the Chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents. Members must have experience with museums, family tourism, urban planning, or local educational institutions. Federal employees may not serve.
The Commission must meet, choose a chair, and within one year of its first meeting submit a report to the President and to Congress. The report must describe: educational institutions serving visiting families; museums and cultural institutions not near the Mall; DC museums not in Smithsonian buildings; tenants affected by federal office relocations; and the cost to convert the Arts and Industries Building into a modern museum. The Commission must also prepare a fund-raising plan about using public contributions and possible admission charges, and a report with legislative recommendations that may include timing and suggested appropriation levels and a recommendation for the building’s future name.
The Commission serves without pay, may receive travel per diem, may solicit gifts, may hire an executive director and staff paid at temporary-organization rates, may accept volunteers, and may request reimbursable administrative support from the General Services Administration. The Commission ends 30 days after it submits its final reports.
If you visit museums or cultural sites in Washington, DC, this Commission will study how the Arts and Industries Building might be used or converted and how such a site could be funded and named. The Commission will send recommendations to the President and Congress that could inform future decisions about the building and its operations.
No publicly available information on total costs. The text does not provide direct Federal appropriations for the Commission. The Commission must fund its own operations through contributions and may accept gifts. Members serve without pay but may receive travel per diem. The Commission may hire a paid director and staff at temporary-organization pay rates and must reimburse GSA for administrative support.
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