Public Law 115-178 – Smithsonian National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization Act

Last Updated on June 1, 2019 by LawEuro

[115th Congress Public Law 178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 132 STAT. 1379]]

Public Law 115-178
115th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to 
   plan, design, and construct a central parking facility on National 
 Zoological Park property in the District of Columbia. <<NOTE: June 1, 
                         2018 -  [H.R. 4009]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Smithsonian 
National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Smithsonian National Zoological Park 
Central Parking Facility Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. FACILITY FOR IMPROVED VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS AT THE 
                    NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--In order to improve visitor experience and multi-
modal access to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to plan, design, 
and construct a central parking facility on National Zoological Park 
property in the District of Columbia.
    (b) Central Parking Facility.--The facility authorized under this 
section may include parking, transportation improvements, visitor 
amenities including restrooms, a pedestrian bridge to a midpoint entry 
of the National Zoological Park, and ancillary works to accommodate 
alternative uses of the facility.
    (c) Funding.--Construction of the facility described in this section 
shall be conducted with funds from nonappropriated sources.

    Approved June 1, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4009:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
            Apr. 25, considered and passed House.
            May 16, considered and passed Senate.

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