§3701 National Afro-american History and Culture Commission

Summary

Creates a National Afro‑American History and Culture Commission made up of fifteen members. The Commission must make a complete plan for building and running the National Center for the Study of Afro‑American History and Culture and send that plan and any suggested laws to the President and Congress no later than 24 months after October 10, 1980. The plan must show the center’s main goals, the kinds of public and private uses it will have, design and appearance ideas, who would own and run it, ideas for cultural and education programs, ways to work with Afro‑American institutions and universities, cost estimates (public and private), and steps for putting the plan into action. The Commission can raise money from private and public sources to pay for its work, the center’s construction, research, staff, and reasonable administrative costs. Money received must go into a special account with the Treasurer of the United States and be spent only for those purposes. Federal agencies like the General Services Administration and the Smithsonian may loan or give artworks and artifacts to the Commission. To set up the center, the Commission may buy, accept as gifts, transfer, or otherwise get land and buildings near Wilberforce, Ohio, and other needed property, and it may later sell or dispose of property and use the proceeds for the center.