HR 4097 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012

Introduced Feb 28, 2012 Originated House Became Public Law 112-131 Sponsor John L. Mica R-FL

Latest action · Jun 8, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-131.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 28, 2012
Passed HouseMay 7, 2012
Passed SenateMay 23, 2012
To the PresidentMay 31, 2012
Became lawJun 8, 2012Public Law 112-131

Summary

Version

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Allows the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the Board) to undertake such activities as may be necessary for the construction of a specified addition to the south end of the building of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the expansion project).

Authorizes the Board to construct the expansion project and makes the Board responsible for the planning, design, engineering, and construction of the project. Requires the costs of those activities to be paid for using nonappropriated funds.

Declares that, all activities carried out under this Act shall be within the mission of the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the Kennedy Center) to serve as the national center for such arts.

Instructs the Board: (1) before awarding a contract for the construction of the expansion project, to estimate any additional annual operations and maintenance costs (or savings) associated with the project; and (2) to account for any such additional costs in making a budget request for FY2014 and each fiscal year thereafter. Requires a final determination to proceed with such project to be based on the ability of the Board to accommodate any such identified additional costs within its other budget priorities.

Permits the Board to acknowledge private contributions used to carry out the interior portion of the expansion project, but prohibits the acknowledgement of private contributions used on the exterior portion.

Requires any acknowledgements of private contributions under this Act to be consistent with requirements under the John. F. Kennedy Center Act regarding the designation or installation of additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials in public areas of the Kennedy Center.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2014 to the Board for: (1) maintenance, repair, and security; and (2) capital projects.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 28, 2012.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 28, 2012
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Feb 28, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Feb 28, 2012Markup Mar 8, 2012Reported Apr 27, 2012
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Feb 29, 2012Markup Mar 1, 2012Reported Mar 1, 2012

Actions 20

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 8, 2012Signed by President.
Jun 8, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-131.
May 31, 2012Presented to President.
May 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 23, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3534)
May 8, 2012Received in the Senate, read twice.
May 7, 2012Mr. Mica moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 7, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2296-2297)
May 7, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4097.
May 7, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2296)
May 7, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 27, 2012Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-457.
Apr 27, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 319.
Mar 8, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 8, 2012Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 1, 2012Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 1, 2012Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Feb 29, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Feb 28, 2012Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3534	Harry Reid D-NV	May 23, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H2296, H2297Text printed H2296	Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, John L. Mica R-FL	May 7, 2012

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 112-457

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Mar 22, 2012H.R. 4097, John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 8, 2012

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1017.

CRS reports 5

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 5

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R48065	Congressional Recognition of Commemorative Days, Weeks, and Months: Background and Current Practice	Report	May 13, 2024
R44431	Commemorative Days, Weeks, and Months: Background and Current Practice, 113th to 115th Congress Archived	Report	Jun 27, 2019
RL34124	Seafood Fraud Archived	Report	Aug 31, 2015
R41613	Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 22, 2013
R41698	H.R. 1 Full-Year FY2011 Continuing Resolution: Overview of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Provisions Archived	Report	Aug 29, 2011

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012
Short Titles as Reported to House: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012
Short Titles as Passed House: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012
Short Titles as Passed Senate: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012
Short Titles as Enacted: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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