S.Amdt. 731

SA 731. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Padilla, and Mr.
Lujan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10_____. SITE OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO.

(a) Authorizing Site Within Reserve of National Mall.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including regulations), including section 8908(c) of title
40, United States Code, the National Museum of the American
Latino may be located within the Reserve (as that term is
defined in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code).
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 201(g)(4) of division T
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C.
80u(g)(4)), is amended by striking ``, except that'' and all
that follows through ``that title)''.
(b) Use of Site Under the Jurisdiction of Another Federal
Agency.--Section 201(g) of division T of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80u(g)), is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Site under the jurisdiction of another federal
agency.--
``(A) Notification to other agency or entity.--The Board of
Regents shall not designate a site for the Museum that is
under the administrative jurisdiction of another Federal
agency or entity without first notifying the head of the
Federal agency or entity.
``(B) Notification to committees.--Once notified under
subparagraph (A), the head of the Federal agency or entity
shall promptly submit written notification to the Chair and
ranking minority members of the Committee on Rules and
Administration, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and
the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on
Natural Resources, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, stating that the Federal agency or
entity was notified by the Board of Regents that a site under
its jurisdiction was designated and that a transfer will be
initiated as soon as practicable.
``(C) Transfer.--As soon as practicable after the date on
which the individuals described in subparagraph (B) receive
the written notification described in that subparagraph, the
head of the Federal agency or entity shall transfer to the
Smithsonian Institution its administrative jurisdiction over
the land or structure that has been designated as the site
for the Museum.''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect as if included in the
enactment of section 201 of division T of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80u).
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