14 U.S.C. § 98 : US Code - Section 98: National Coast Guard Museum

Search 14 U.S.C. § 98 : US Code - Section 98: National Coast Guard Museum

(a) Establishment. - The Commandant may establish a National
Coast Guard Museum, on lands which will be federally owned and
administered by the Coast Guard, and are located in New London,
Connecticut, at, or in close proximity to, the Coast Guard Academy.
(b) Limitation on Expenditures. - (1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not expend any appropriated
Federal funds for the engineering, design, or construction of any
museum established under this section.
(2) The Secretary shall fund the operation and maintenance of the
National Coast Guard Museum with nonappropriated and non-Federal
funds to the maximum extent practicable. The priority use of
Federal operation and maintenance funds should be to preserve and
protect historic Coast Guard artifacts.
(c) Funding Plan. - Before the date on which the Commandant
establishes a museum under subsection (a), the Commandant shall
provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a plan for
constructing, operating, and maintaining such a museum, including -

(1) estimated planning, engineering, design, construction,
operation, and maintenance costs;
(2) the extent to which appropriated, nonappropriated, and non-
Federal funds will be used for such purposes, including the
extent to which there is any shortfall in funding for
engineering, design, or construction; and
(3) a certification by the Inspector General of the department
in which the Coast Guard is operating that the estimates provided
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) are reasonable and realistic.
(d) Authority. - The Commandant may not establish a Coast Guard
museum except as set forth in this section.