Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum Artifacts Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum Artifacts Act .
2: Definitions
This section would define three terms used throughout the Act. Foundation would mean the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Library would mean the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library to be located in Medora, North Dakota. Secretary would mean the Secretary of the Interior.
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2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Foundation The term Foundation means the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. (2) Library The term Library means the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library to be located in Medora, North Dakota. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
3: Federal contributions toward establishment of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
This section would let the Secretary of the Interior provide grants to the Foundation totaling not more than $50,000,000 to help establish the Library, but only to the extent that funds are provided in advance in appropriations Acts and only subject to the matching requirement and funding restriction described below. The grants would have to be used to preserve and make available to the public materials relating to the life of President Theodore Roosevelt, and to provide interpretive and educational services communicating the meaning of his life. The Secretary could not provide any such grant until the Foundation certifies to the Secretary that it has received at least $100,000,000 for the Library, either contributed by the State of North Dakota or raised from non-federal sources during the period from the Foundation's establishment to the date of the certification. Grant funds provided under this authority could not be used for the maintenance or operation of the Library. Separately, within 180 days after the date of enactment, the Secretary could enter into one or more agreements with the Foundation to loan the Foundation, without monetary consideration, historic, educational, artistic, natural, and other museum artifacts and objects from federal agencies under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction, including the National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, with particular attention to artifacts and objects not currently on display to the public. Any such loan would be subject to whatever terms and conditions the Secretary determines are necessary to preserve and exhibit the loaned items. Finally, the Secretary and any other federal entity would have no involvement in operating the Library, except at the request of the non-federal entity responsible for operating the Library and in accordance with applicable laws, including regulations.
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3. Federal contributions toward establishment of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (a) Grants (1) Authorization To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide to the Foundation grants in an amount not to exceed a total of $50,000,000 for the establishment of the Library— (A) to preserve and make available to the public materials relating to the life of President Theodore Roosevelt; and (B) to provide interpretive and educational services that communicate the meaning of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. (2) Matching requirement The Secretary may not provide a grant under paragraph (1) until the date on which the Foundation certifies to the Secretary that the Foundation has received an amount equal to not less than $100,000,000 from funds for the Library— (A) contributed by the State of North Dakota; or (B) raised from non-Federal sources during the period beginning on the date on which the Foundation was established and ending on the date of the certification. (3) Prohibition on use of funds Grant funds provided under this subsection may not be used for the maintenance or operation of the Library. (b) Federal artifacts and objects relating to theodore roosevelt Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may enter into 1 or more agreements with the Foundation to provide for a loan to the Foundation from Federal agencies under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary (including the National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) of historic, educational, artistic, natural, and other museum artifacts and objects, particularly artifacts and objects that are not on display to the public, without monetary consideration, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary for the preservation and exhibition of the artifacts and objects loaned to the Foundation. (c) Non-Federal operation The Secretary or any other Federal entity shall have no involvement in the operation of the Library, except at the request of the non-Federal entity responsible for the operation of the Library in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).