PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 953 (iv) The manner and extent to which non-Federal entities will participate in the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the center. (B) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION. —The plan and design for the interpretive center shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Illinois and in cooperation with such other public, municipal, and private entities as the Secretary considers appropriate. (3) CONDITIONS ON GRANT. — (A) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— A grant under subsection (a)(1) may not be made iintil such time as the entity selected to receive the grant certifies to the Secretary of the Interior that funds have been contributed by the State of Illinois or raised from non-Federal sources for use to establish the interpretive center in an amount equal to at least double the amount of that grant. (B) RELATION TO OTHER LINCOLN-RELATED SITES AND MUSEUMS. —The Secretary of the Interior shall further condition the grant under subsection (a)(1) on the agreement of the grant recipient to operate the resulting interpretive center in cooperation with other Federal and non-Federal historic sites, parks, and museums that represent significant locations or events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Cooperative efforts to promote and interpret the life of Abraham Lincoln may include the use of cooperative agreements, cross references, cross promotion, and shared exhibits. (4) PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTION OF OPERATING FUNDS. — Grant amounts may not be used for the maintenance or operation of the interpretive center. (5) NON-FEDERAL OPERATION. — The Secretary of the Interior shall have no involvement in the actual operation of the interpretive center, except at the request of the non-Federal entity responsible for the operation of the center. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior a total of $50,000,000 to make grants under subsection (a)(1). Amounts so appropriated shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 2006. SEC. 147. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This section may be cited as the Palace of the "Palace of the Governors Annex Act". Governors Annex (b) CONSTRUCTION OF PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS ANNEX, ^ '^*- SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.— (1) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (A) the United States has a rich legacy of Hispanic influence in politics, government, economic development, and cultural expression; (B) the Palace of the Governors— (i) has been the center of administrative and cultural activity over a vast region of the Southwest since its construction as New Mexico's second capitol in Santa Fe by Governor Pedro de Peralta in 1610; (ii) is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the continental United States, having been occupied for 390 years; and
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