Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§407bb Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LI–A— - NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER › § 407bb

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must set up the National Constitution Center at or near Independence National Historical Park. The Center must share neutral information about the U.S. Constitution to help people understand it. The Center will host exhibits on the Constitution’s history and modern importance; run a national education program with traveling exhibits, radio and TV programs, and school materials; bring together scholars and legal experts to study and discuss constitutional issues and support its programs; and keep archives for bicentennial programs.

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Title 16, §407bb

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(a)The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish The National Constitution Center (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Center”) within or in close proximity to the Independence National Historical Park. The Center shall disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

(b)The functions of the Center shall include—

(1)serving as a center of exhibits and related materials on the history and contemporary significance of the Constitution;

(2)directing a national program of public education on the Constitution; issuing traveling exhibits, commissioning radio and television programs, furnishing materials for the schools, and providing other education services;

(3)functioning as an intellectual center, drawing both academics and practitioners to debate and refine constitutional issues and, at the same time, providing intellectual support for the Center’s exhibits and public education program; and

(4)creating archives for programs on the bicentennial of the United States Constitution.

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16 U.S.C. § 407bb

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73