The educational component is part of the center's Congressional mandate as a national cultural center.

"We'll have to evaluate the Congressional mandate when we go through the comment period."

However well meaning, this Congressional mandate, set to go into effect next year, is misguided.

According to the Congressional mandate, the research was to include programs for:

The recruiting drive stems from a Congressional mandate to serve more countries, she said.

When authorized, this Congressional mandate was projected to take 13 years to complete.

In the spirit of a Congressional mandate, they helped distribute items to museums around the country.

The record retention requirements in rule 2-06 implement a congressional mandate.

Due to a Congressional mandate, the former "encouragement" became a binding policy this spring.

Congress recently passed legislation to address these weaknesses, but past Congressional mandates have paid few dividends.