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Article-by-Article Analysis
of the
Memorandum of Understanding
between the
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
and the
Smithsonian Institution

[[underlined]] First [[/underlined]]. Provides that, subject to conditions expressed elsewhere in the document, the Heye Foundation will transfer, and the Smithsonian will accept, all of its property except the building at 3753 Broadway. It is anticipated that the building will be transferred to the City of New York for use as a cultural center since the Foundation does not have authority to transfer it to the Institution.

The property that is transferred to the Smithsonian is to be used for purposes relating to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of material associated with the indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere.

[[underlined]] Second [[/underlined]]. Two conditions of the transfer are approval by the courts of New York of the terms and conditions outlined, provided that the Smithsonian agree in writing to any alterations that may be imposed, and enactment of legislation that 

(1) establishes within the Smithsonian the National Museum of the American Indian for the purposes enumerated in the First Article;

(2) appropriates the block of land east of the Air and Space museum as the permanent site of a building for the new museum; 

(3) establishes a facility of 82,500 square feet, including space shared with the General Services Administration, in the old New York Custom House, designated "The George Gustav Heye Center" of the new museum;

(4) establishes a facility for the conservation and storage of collections at the Institution's Museum Support Center;

(5) authorizes the Smithsonian Regents to plan, design, and construct, or otherwise acquire the aforementioned facilities;

(6) pledges the faith of the United States to provide funds for museum planning, design, and construction and for administration, maintenance, operation, and preservation of the museum and its collections;