Sec. 802. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National Cryptologic Museum
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Chapter 449 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense may establish at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, a center to be known as the Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National Cryptologic Museum (in this section referred to as the Center ). The Center may be used for the identification, curation, storage, and public viewing of materials relating to the activities of the National Security Agency and the Central Security Service, any predecessor or successor organizations, and the history of cryptology.
The Center may contain meeting, conference, and classroom facilities that will be used to support such education, training, public outreach, and other purposes as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation (in this section referred to as the Foundation ), a non-profit organization, for the design, construction, and operation of the Center. If the Foundation constructs the Center pursuant to an agreement under subsection (b), upon satisfactory completion of the Center’s construction or any phase thereof, as determined by the Secretary, and upon full satisfaction by the Foundation of any other obligations pursuant to such agreement, the Secretary may accept the Center or such phase from the Foundation, and all right, title, and interest in the Center or such phase shall vest in the United States.
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary may accept services from the Foundation. For purposes of this section and any other provision of law, employees or personnel of the Foundation may not be considered to be employees of the United States. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Director of the National Security Agency may, without regard to section 2601 of this title, accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend for the benefit of the Center any gift, devise, or bequest of personal property, or of money of a value of $500,000 or less, made for the benefit of the Center.
The Director may pay or authorize the payment of any reasonable and necessary expenses in connection with the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under this subsection. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Director may assess fees and user charges for the use of Center facilities and property, including rental, user, conference, and concession fees. Amounts received under paragraph
(1)shall be used for the benefit of the Center. If the Center is established pursuant to subsection (a), there shall be established on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National Cryptologic Museum Fund . Gifts of money under subsection (d), and fees and user charges received under subsection (e), shall be deposited in the fund and be available until expended for the benefit of the Center, including costs of operation and of the acquisition of books, manuscripts, works of art, historical artifacts, drawings, plans, models, and condemned or obsolete combat material. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 449 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 4781. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National Cryptologic Museum. .