§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 on a site in Washington, D.C. chosen by the National Capital Planning Commission. The Center will be paid for with voluntary donations. The Planning Commission must obtain any land needed. The building plans must be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. The Board may also follow the Site Master Plan dated April 29, 1997 (map number NCR 844/82571) to add to the parking garage at the north and south ends and to make other site improvements; that plan must be kept on file in the Secretary’s office for the public to see. No federal appropriated money may be used to pay for the parking additions, for site changes the Board says will be paid from non‑appropriated sources, or for large‑screen theater equipment or an interpretive film that the Board says will be paid from non‑appropriated sources. The Board may build an expansion on the south end (under 100,000 square feet) that improves accessibility and education and becomes part of the existing building (as of June 8, 2012). Planning and construction costs for the expansion must come from non‑appropriated funds. Before hiring a contractor, the Board must estimate any added yearly operations or maintenance costs, include those costs in its budget request for fiscal year 2014 and later years, and decide whether to proceed based on its other budget priorities. The Board may recognize private donors inside the expansion but not on the outside, and such acknowledgments must meet the statutory rules for donor acknowledgments.