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and G Street, Northwest inWashington, District of Columbia. Such museum shall —
(1) collect and disseminate information concerning the building arts, including the establishment of a
national reference center for current and historic documents, publications, and research relating to the
building arts;
(2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice and contribution to society of the build-
ing arts, including promotion of imaginative educational approaches to enhance understanding and
appreciation of all facets of the building arts;
(3) publicly display temporary and permanent exhibits illustrating, interpreting and demonstrating the
building arts;
(4) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of the building arts and their role in shaping
our civilization; and
(5) encourage contributions to the building arts.
16 U.S.C. 470w-5(b) — Cooperative agreement
(b) The cooperative agreement referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall include provisions which
(1) make the site available to the Committee referred to in subsection (a) of this section without charge;
(2) provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance, security, information, janitorial and
other services as may be necessary to assure the preservation and operation of the site; and
(3) prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the Committee can fulfill its responsibilities
under this Act.
16 U.S.C. 470w-5(c) — Grants to Committee
(c) The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide matching grants-in-aid to the Committee referred
to in subsection (a) of this section for its programs related to historic preservation. The Committee shall
match such grants-in-aid in a manner and with such funds and services as shall be satisfactory to the
Secretary, except that no more than $500,000 may be provided to the Committee in any one fiscal year.
16 U.S.C. 470w-5(d) — Site renovation
(d) The renovation of the site shall be carried out by the Administrator with the advice of the Secretary.
Such renovation shall, as far as practicable —
(1) be commenced immediately,
(2) preserve, enhance, and restore the distinctive and historically authentic architectural character of the
site consistent with the needs of a national museum of the building arts and other compatible use, and
(3) retain the availability of the central court of the building,or portions thereof,for appropriate public activities.
16 U.S.C. 470w-5(e) — Annual report
(e) The Committee shall submit an annual report to the Secretary and the Administrator concerning its
activities under this section and shall provide the Secretary and the Administrator with such other infor-
mation as the Secretary may, from time to time, deem necessary or advisable.
16 U.S.C. 470w-5(f) — Definition of «building arts»
(f) For purposes of this section, the term «building arts» includes, but shall not be limited to, all practi-
cal and scholarly aspects of prehistoric, historic, and contemporary architecture, archaeology, construc-
tion, building technology and skills, landscape architecture, preservation and conservation, building and
construction, engineering, urban and community design and renewal, city and regional planning, and
related professions, skills, trades, and crafts.
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16 U.S.C. 470w-6(a) — Effective date of regulations
(a) No final regulation of the Secretary shall become effective prior to the expiration of thirty calen-
dar days after it is published in the Federal Register during which either or both Houses of Congress
are in session.
16 U.S.C. 470w-6(b) — Congressional disapproval of regulations
(b) The regulation shall not become effective if, within ninety calendar days of continuous session of
Congress after the date of promulgation, both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: «That Congress disapproves the regulation
promulgated by the Secretary dealing with the matter of_______, which regulation was transmitted to
Congress on_______,» the blank spaces therein being appropriately filled.
16 U.S.C. 470w-6(c) — Inaction by Congress
(c) If at the end of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date of promulgation
of a regulation, no committee of either House of Congress has reported or been discharged from further
consideration of a concurrent resolution disapproving the regulation, and neither House has adopted
such a resolution, the regulation may go into effect immediately. If, within such sixty calendar days, such
a committee has reported or been discharged form further consideration of such a resolution, the regu-
lation may go into effect not sooner than ninety calendar days of continuous session of Congress after
its promulgation unless disapproved as provided for.
16 U.S.C. 470w-6(d) — Definitions
(d) For the purposes of this section-
(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment sine die; and
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three
days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of sixty and ninety calendar days of continuous
session of Congress.
16 U.S.C. 470w-6(e) — Effect of Congressional inaction
(e) Congressional inaction on or rejection of a resolution of disapproval shall not be deemed an expres-
sion of approval of such regulation.
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16 U.S.C. 470w-7(a) — National historic light station program
(a) In order to provide a national historic light station program, the Secretary shall —
(1) collect and disseminate information concerning historic light stations, including historic lighthouses
and associated structures;
(2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and contribution to society of historic
light stations; (3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of light stations;
(4) maintain a listing of historic light stations; and
(5) assess the effectiveness of the program established by this section regarding the conveyance of
historic light stations.
16 U.S.C. 470w-7(b) — Conveyance of Historic Light Stations
(b) (1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary and the Admin-
istrator shall establish a process and policies for identifying, and selecting, an eligible entity to which a
historic light station could be conveyed for education, park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation
purposes, and to monitor the use of such light station by the eligible entity.
(2) The Secretary shall review all applications for the conveyance of a historic light station, when the
agency with administrative jurisdiction over the historic light station has determined the property to be
`excess property’ as that term is defined in the Federal Property Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 472(e)), and forward to the Administrator a single approved application for the conveyance of the
historic light station.When selecting an eligible entity, the Secretary shall consult with the State Historic
Preservation Officer of the State in which the historic light station is located.
(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall convey, by quitclaim deed, without
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the historic light station, subject
to the conditions set forth in subsection (c) after the Secretary’s selection of an eligible entity. The con-
