SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Smithsonian National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization Act”.
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization Act
An Act
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct a central parking facility on National Zoological Park property in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Facility for Improved Visitor Experience and Access at the National Zoological Park.
In General.— In order to improve visitor experience and multi-modal access to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to plan, design, and construct a central parking facility on National Zoological Park property in the District of Columbia.
Central Parking Facility.— The facility authorized under this section may include parking, transportation improvements, visitor amenities including restrooms, a pedestrian bridge to a midpoint entry of the National Zoological Park, and ancillary works to accommodate alternative uses of the facility.
Funding.— Construction of the facility described in this section shall be conducted with funds from nonappropriated sources.