The offices may consult the Architect, the Smithsonian, and other federal entities
To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The offices may consult the Architect, the Smithsonian, and other federal entities
The document says “can”Who acts: Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate, Office of the Minority Leader of the SenateHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“the offices described in paragraph (1) may consult with the Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and such other entities of the Federal Government as the offices consider appropriate”
Section 2(b)(4) permits the four offices to consult the Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and any other federal entity they consider appropriate while choosing the contents. The subsection permits rather than requires.
What the document actually says
“the offices described in paragraph (1) may consult with the Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and such other entities of the Federal Government as the offices consider appropriate”
That sentence, in plain words
The four offices can ask others for help. They can ask the Architect. They can also ask the head of the Smithsonian or any other federal group.
What this is about
This is a choice, not a duty. The law uses the word may. So the offices can skip it.
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