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-95- 011002.155 S.L.C. 23 [[table, 2 columns, column two italicized]] 1 | people and their traditions which shall be known as the 2 | "National Museum of the American Indian" (hereafter re- 3 | ferred to in the Act as the "Museum") which shall provide 4 | for- 5 | (1) the advancement of the study of the Native 6 | peoples of the Americas and the study of their lan- 7 | guage, literature, history, art, and life; 8 | (2) for the collection, preservation, and exhibi- 9 | tion of objects of artistic, historic, literary, and sci- 10 | entific interest related thereto; and 11 | (3) programs of research and study. 12 | (b) The area bounded by Third Street, Maryland 13 | Avenue, Independence Avenue, Fourth Street, and Jeffer- 14 | son Drive, in the District of Columbia, is hereby appropri- 15 | ated to the Smithsonian Institution as the permanent site of 16 | the Museum. 17 | (c) The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 18 | tion is authorized to- 19 | (1) prepare architectural and engineering de- 20 | signs, plans, and specifications, and to construct at 21 | the site specified in subsection (b) of this section a 22 | building at least 400,000 square feet in size to house 23 | the Museum; 24 | (2) accept, borrow, or otherwise provide for the 25 | temporary acquisition of Native American objects