8. Mary McLeod Bethune Joint Resolution extending for four years the existing authority for the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune. (84 Stat. 303) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, effective June 1, 1967, the last sentence of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the erec tion in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune", approved June 1, 1960, as amended (74 Stat. 154, 79 Stat. 822), is amended by striking out "within seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "within eleven years". Approved June 12, 1970. Legislative History House Report No. 91-999 (Committee on House Administration). Apr. 20, considered and passed House. Joint Resolution extending for two years the existing authority for the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune. (85 Stat. 157) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, effective June 1, 1971, the last sentence of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune", approved June 1, 1960, as amended (74 Stat. 154, 79 Stat. 822, 84 Stat. 303), is amended by striking out "within eleven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "within thirteen years". Approved July 29, 1971. Legislative History House Report No. 92-311 (Committee on House Administration). June 18, considered and passed Senate. 468 9. National Visitor Center An Act to supplement the purposes of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), by authorizing agreements and leases with respect to certain properties in the District of Columbia, for the purpose of a national visitor center, and for other purposes. (82 Stat. 43) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968". TITLE I-NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary"), in consultation with the Administrator of General Services (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Administrator"), is authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements and leases with The Washington Terminal Company, its successors or assigns (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Company"), the owner of the property in the District of Columbia known as Union Station, for use of all or a part of such property for a national visitor center to be known as the National Visitor Center and a parking facility in connection therewith. SEC. 102. (a) The agreements and leases authorized by section 101 of this Act shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) the Company shall agree to make such alterations of the Union Station Building as the Secretary determines necessary to provide adequate facilities for visitors, which facilities, including the parking facility under paragraph (3), shall be representative of the highest standards of excellence of design and function; (2) the lease of the Union Station Building shall commence on a date to be mutually agreed upon contingent upon which such facilities are available for public use, and shall not be for a term of more than twenty-five years; (3) the Company, in consultation with the Secretary shall construct a parking facility, including necessary approaches and ramps, to accommodate as nearly as possible four thousand motor vehicles in the air space northerly of and adjacent to the existing Union Station Building, and such facility shall, upon completion, be leased to the United States for a term not to exceed twenty-five years; (4) the Company shall, and it is hereby authorized to, construct a new railroad passenger station in the area beneath or adjacent to the parking facility referred to in paragraph (3); (5) the United States shall have the option to purchase all of the property leased under this title for an amount not in excess of the fair market value of such property any time after the first year of the lease on one year's written notice and on such terms and conditions including credit toward such purchase price of any portions of rentals paid by the United States as may be mutually agreed upon; (6) rentals paid by the United States shall not exceed the fair rental value of the property as mutually determined by the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Lessor; (7) the aggregate annual cost to the United States of all leases entered into under this title shall not exceed $3,500,000; (8) the total cost of all alterations referred to in paragraph (1) and all construction referred to in paragraph (3) shall not exceed $16,000,000, except that total cost of such alterations shall not exceed $5,000,000. (b) In addition to the terms and conditions set forth in subsection (a) of this section, agreements and leases entered into under authority of this title shall include such other terms and conditions as the Secretary and the Administrator jointly shall prescribe. SEC. 103. The Secretary shall administer any property leased under this title in accordance with those provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, applicable to the administration of the national park system. SEC. 104. On or before April 15, 1968, the Secretary shall report to Congress the results of a full and complete investigation and study of the problems of transporting visitors along the Mall and its vicinity in the District of Columbia, on the United States Capitol Grounds, and to and from the National Visitor Center, including but not limited to, types of transportation to be utilized, the operation of any such transportation system, the feasibility of providing free transportation for visitors on all or any portion of such system, and proposed legislation to carry out his recommendations. SEC. 105. (a) In connection with the construction of the parking facility to be constructed pursuant to section 102 (a) (3) of this title, the District of Columbia shall, upon the request of the Secretary, transfer to the Secretary any real property under its jurisdiction which may be necessary to provide vehicular access to public roads and highways in the immediate area of such facility. (b) Any alteration in the existing traffic pattern in Union Station Plaza necessitated or made desirable by reason of such parking facility shall be made only after consultation with the Architect of the Capitol. SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the execution of any agreement or lease pursuant to this title, the Secretary, in consultation with the National Visitor Facilities Advisory Commission established under title II of this Act, is directed (1) to make a continuing study of the needs of visitors to the Washington metropolitan area, including the necessity and desirability of different or additional visitor facilities and of altering existing visitor facilities, and (2) to recommend the Administrator acquire, alter, or construct such facilities. (b) The Secretary shall submit annually a report to Congress on the National Visitor Center authorized by this title and on all other visitor facilities authorized in accordance with this Act, including the amendments made by this Act. SEC. 107. All existing laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent to which they are so inconsistent, but to no further or other extent. SEC. 108. The first section of the Act approved November 5, 1966 (Public Law 89-759) is amended by inserting "and directed" immediately following "authorized" and by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: "(1) select as the site of a permanent heliport, the parking facility referred to in section 102(a)(3) of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968;" SEC. 109. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 110. The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the alterations referred to in section 102(a) (1), and the parking facility referred to in section 102(a) (3), of this title shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the same type of work on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (46 Stat. 1494; 40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c). TITLE II-ADVISORY COMMISSION SEC. 201. There is hereby created a National Visitor Facilities Advisory Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Commission") which shall (1) conduct a continuing review of the National Visitor Center established pursuant to title I of this Act, (2) conduct continuing investigations and studies of sites and plans to provide additional facilities and services for visitors and students coming to the Nation's Capital, and (3) advise the Secretary and the Administrator with respect to the planning, construction, acquisition, and operation of all such visitor facilities. SEC. 202. (a) The Commission shall be composed of the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, the Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, six Members of the Senate, three from each party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and six Members of the House of Representatives, three from each party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three members appointed by the President, at least two of whom shall not be officers of the Federal Government, and one member of whom shall be a representative of the District of Columbia government. Non-Federal members shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The Secretary shall be the Chairman of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman. (b) Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to receive compensation in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the government service employed intermittently. (c) The Director of the National Park Service, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide the necessary staff and facilities to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this title. SEC. 203. The Commission shall, from time to time, report to the Secretary and the Administrator the results of its reviews, studies, and investigations. In the case of any report recommending additional facilities for visitors, such report shall include the Commision's recommendations as to a site or sites for the facilities to be provided, together with preliminary plans, specifications, and architectural drawings for such facilities as well as the estimated cost of the recommended sites and facilities. TITLE III-CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER SEC. 301 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the House Office Building Commission and the Senate Office |