A bill to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct facilities for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct facilities for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes effective October 1, 1988. Prohibits any such funds from being obligated or expended until there is available to the Board, from private donations or other non-Federal sources, a sum which, when combined with such appropriated funds, is sufficient to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for transfer of any portion of such funds to the General Services Administration to carry out such purposes. Provides that, effective on enactment of this Act, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum shall also be known as the National Museum of Design.…