Mr. TAYLOR. I have a number of questions in some other areas, but I would like to take up the Visitors' Center and go around the Committee because I think all of us have special questions in that area. Mr. Pastor, do you have questions? Mr. PASTOR. As I recall, we saw the model and then there were some additions and tunnels and whatnot. Now, what was the final consensus of what was going to be added or not added? Mr. HANTMAN. The members of the Preservation voted basically to approve, I think about four or five specific line items. First line item specifically related to the location for the Visitors' Center itself, which is on the east front of the Capitol. That was approved. The second line item dealt with the issue of these new elevators and stairs in the east front of the Capitol for $5 or $6 million additionally. That also was included. Another line item of-I believe it was $10 or $12 million-was to take the truck entrance access across Constitution Avenue to New Jersey Avenue so we would not have to have a gouge in the Olmsted landscape plan and the security problem of every time a truck entered or left the Visitors' Center having pe stop the pedestrians who are walking on the ל או אווה ואידאat ares. So that was approved. I think one of the issues dealt with techhe House and the Secretary of the Senate being given 144p a plan to raise private funds to supplement that was originally appropriated. Those were the phat were raised and approved. In addition to that, A te were raised relative to, say, a Library of Congress ulity of bringing one from the Jefferson Building Visitors' Center. So we are actually dotting our i's wir in this validation planning study to be able to bulity of the tunnel, the pluses and the minuses, implications of running above the Amtrak tunnel, issues relative to screening people on the library rite('' side as well. So that is being studied as are menes raised by members of the staff. VISITOR CENTER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT MA. PASTOR, Se right now you are doing a letter of intent for the we went which is getting to be 6 months? ME HANTMAN, That is correct, ME PASTOR What Issues are still outstanding that will not be Povered by this design? If I am going to do a letter of intent for deI am assuming that all of the issues are resolved and the design work is going to be for the final product. So the reason Fasked the fret question was there are still issues out there that He finalized, and how are we doing a design letter of intent still a few issues out there that aren't resolved? MAHANTMAN Two things. First of all, one the elements that elected to mention in response to your first question was the eton area relative to the Capitol Visitors' Center. There is 1000 square feet split evenly between the House and the Senate. alse was approved. As far as the design is concerned, design |