S.Amdt. 789

SA 789. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. ____. SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM SITES.

(a) Commemorative Works Act.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law or regulation (including section 8908(c) of
title 40, United States Code, and division T of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public law 116-260))
the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum and the
National Museum of the American Latino may be located within
the Reserve (as defined in section 8902(a) of title 40,
United States Code).
(b) Written Notification of Transfer.--
(1) Notification to federal agency or entity .--The Board
of Regents shall not designate a site for the Smithsonian
American Women's History Museum and the National Museum of
the American Latino that is under the administrative
jurisdiction of another Federal agency or entity without
first notifying the head of the Federal agency or entity.
(2) Notification to congress.--Once notified under
paragraph (1), 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.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
as soon as practicable after

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the date on which Congress receives the written notification
described in subsection (b)(2), 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.
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