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HISTORY OF MALL SITE RESERVATION LEGISLATION

[[underlined]]91st Congress[[/underlined]]

At its meeting on November 5, 1969, the Board of Regents considered the desirability of proposing legislation to appropriate the last remaining site on the Mall for a museum of man for the Smithsonian Institution.

On December 4, 1969, Senators Anderson, Fulbright, and Scott introduced S.3206 which was referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.  No action was taken by that Committee.

In the course of seeking clearances the Federal Planning and Projects Committee of the National Capital Planning Commission advised on April 2, 1970 that the Committee recommended that the Commission report favorably on the proposed legislation (S.3206).

[[underlined]]92nd Congress[[/underlined]]

Legislation was not introduced in the 92nd Congress.

[[underlined]]93rd Congress[[/underlined]]

On January 24, 1973 the Board of Regents voted to request its Congressional members to introduce legislation to reserve the site bounded by Third Street, Maryland Avenue, Fourth Street, and Jefferson Drive in the District of Columbia, for the use of the Smithsonian Institution.