§76i John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Summary

The Board must build the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the Smithsonian using money raised by donations. The site will be in Washington, D.C., inside borders selected by the National Capital Planning Commission, and that commission must buy or otherwise obtain any land needed. The building's plans must be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. Following a site plan dated April 29, 1997 (Drawing Number 1997–2) and map NCR 844/82571, the Board may add parking at the north and south ends and make other site improvements. That plan is on file with the Center’s Secretary for the public to see. No appropriated (Congressional) funds may pay for the parking additions, for site improvements the Board says will be paid from other sources, or for buying large‑screen theater equipment or making an interpretive film if the Board says those will be paid from other sources. The Board may build an expansion on the building’s south end if it follows rules. The Board must plan, design, and build the work and pay those costs with non‑appropriated funds (not money from Congress). The project must fit the Center’s mission. Before any construction contract, the Board must estimate any extra yearly operations and maintenance costs or savings, include those costs in its fiscal year 2014 budget request and in every year after, and decide to go ahead only if it can handle those costs within its other budget priorities. The Board may recognize private donors inside the new space but not on the outside, consistent with section 76j(b). An “expansion project” means a south‑end addition that is under 100,000 square feet, improves accessibility and education as they were on June 8, 2012, and becomes part of the building as it existed on that date.