outstanding expertise in one or more of the areas described above or in 
another professional or scientific discipline, such as financial manage-
ment, recreation use management, land use planning, or business man-
agement, important to the mission of the Service. At least one individual 
shall be a locally elected official from an area adjacent to a park. 
(3) FIRST MEETING.—The Board shall hold its 1st meeting no later 
than 60 days after the date on which all members of the Board who are 
to be appointed have been appointed. 
(4) VACANCY.—Any vacancy in the Board shall not affect its powers, 
but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment 
was made. 
(5) COMPENSATION.—All members of the Board shall be reimbursed for 
travel and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses during the perform-
ance of duties of the Board while away from home or their regular place 
of business, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5. With 
the exception of travel and per diem, a member of the Board who other-
wise is an officer or employee of the United States Government shall 
serve on the Board without additional compensation. 
(d) DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD.— 
(1) ADOPT RULES.—The Board may adopt such rules as may be nec-
essary to establish its procedures and to govern the manner of its oper-
ations, organization, and personnel. 
(2) ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Board shall advise the Sec-
retary on matters relating to the System, to other related areas, and to 
the administration of chapter 3201 of this title, including matters sub-
mitted to it for consideration by the Secretary, but it shall not be re-
quired to provide recommendations as to the suitability or desirability 
of surplus real and related personal property for use as a historic monu-
ment. The Board shall also provide recommendations on the designation 
of national historic landmarks and national natural landmarks. The 
Board is strongly encouraged to consult with the major scholarly and 
professional organizations in the appropriate disciplines in making the 
recommendations. 
(3) ACTIONS ON REQUEST OF DIRECTOR.—On request of the Director, 
the Board is authorized to— 
(A) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times; 
(B) take such testimony; 
(C) have such printing and binding done; 
(D) enter into such contracts and other arrangements; 
(E) make such expenditures; and 
(F) take such other actions 
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as the Board may consider advisable. 
(4) OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS.—Any member of the Board may ad-
minister oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Board. 
(5) COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Board may establish 
committees or subcommittees. The subcommittees or committees shall be 
chaired by a voting member of the Board. 
(6) USE OF MAILS.—The Board may use the United States mails in 
the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments 
and agencies in the United States. 
(e) STAFF.—The Secretary may hire 2 full-time staffers to meet the needs 
of the Board. 
(f) FEDERAL LAW NOT APPLICABLE TO SERVICE.—Service as a member 
of the Board shall not be deemed service or employment bringing the indi-
vidual within the provisions of any Federal law relating to conflicts of inter-
est or otherwise imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties relating to 
the employment of individuals, the performance of services, or the payment 
or receipt of compensation in connection with claims, proceedings, or matters 
involving the United States. Service as a member or an employee of the Board 
shall not be deemed service in an appointive or elective position in the Fed-
eral Government for purposes of section 8344 of title 5 or comparable provi-
sions of Federal law. 
(g) COOPERATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) INFORMATION.—The Board may secure directly from any office, 
department, agency, establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal 
Government such information as the Board may require for the purpose 
of this section, and each office, department, agency, establishment, or in-
strumentality shall furnish, to the extent permitted by law, the informa-
tion, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Board, on re-
quest made by a member of the Board. 
(2) FACILITIES AND SERVICES.—On request of the Board, the head of 
any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality may make any of 
the facilities and services of the department, agency, or instrumentality 
available to the Board, on a nonreimbursable basis, to assist the Board 
in carrying out its duties under this section. 
(h) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), with the exception of section 14(b), applies to the 
Board. 
(i) TERMINATION.—The Board continues to exist until January 1, 2010. 
§ 102304. National Park Service Advisory Council 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the National Park System Ad-
visory Board established under section 102303 of this title. 
(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the National Park Service 
Advisory Council established under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is established a National Park 
Service Advisory Council that shall provide advice and counsel to the Board. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Membership on the Council shall be limited to indi-
viduals whose term on the Board has expired. Those individuals may 
serve as long as they remain active except that not more than 12 mem-
bers may serve on the Council at any one time. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Council shall receive no salary 
but may be paid expenses incidental to travel when engaged in dis-
charging their duties as members. 
(d) VOTING RESTRICTION.—Members of the Council shall not have a vote 
on the Board. 
Chapter 1025—Museums 
Sec. 
102501.
Purpose. 
102502.
Definition of museum object. 
102503.
Authority of Secretary. 
102504.
Review and approval. 
§ 102501. Purpose 
The purpose of this chapter is to increase the public benefits from museums 
established within System units as a means of informing the public con-
cerning the areas and preserving valuable objects and relics relating to the 
areas. 
§ 102502. Definition of museum object 
In this chapter: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘museum object’’ means an object that— 
(A) typically is movable; and 
(B) is eligible to be, or is made part of, a museum, library, or 
archive collection through a formal procedure, such as accessioning. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘museum object’’ includes a prehistoric or 
historic artifact, work of art, book, document, photograph, or natural his-
tory specimen. 
§ 102503. Authority of Secretary 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding other provisions or limitations of law, 
the Secretary may perform the functions described in this section in the man-
ner that the Secretary considers to be in the public interest. 
(b) DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.—The Secretary may accept donations and 
bequests of money or other personal property, and hold, use, expend, and ad-
minister the money or other personal property for purposes of this chapter. 
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(c) PURCHASES.—The Secretary may purchase museum objects and other 
personal property at prices that the Secretary considers to be reasonable. 
(d) EXCHANGES.—The Secretary may make exchanges by accepting mu-
seum objects and other personal property and by granting in exchange for the 
museum objects or other personal property museum property under the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of the Secretary that no longer is needed or that may 
be held in duplicate among the museum properties administered by the Sec-
retary. Exchanges shall be consummated on a basis that the Secretary con-
siders to be equitable and in the public interest. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE OF LOANS OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary may accept the 
loan of museum objects and other personal property and pay transportation 
costs incidental to the museum objects or other personal property. Loans shall 
be accepted on terms and conditions that the Secretary considers necessary. 
(f) LOANS OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary may loan to responsible public 
or private organizations, institutions, or agencies, without cost to the United 
States, such museum objects and other personal property as the Secretary 
shall consider advisable. Loans shall be made on terms and conditions that 
the Secretary considers necessary to protect the public interest in those prop-
erties. 
(g) TRANSFER OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may transfer mu-
seum objects that the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum 
purposes to qualified Federal agencies, including the Smithsonian Institution, 
that have programs to preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage, 
and accept the transfer of museum objects for the purposes of this chapter 
from any other Federal agency, without reimbursement. The head of any other 
Federal agency may transfer, without reimbursement, museum objects directly 
to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purpose of this 
chapter. 
(h) CONVEYANCE OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may convey mu-
seum objects that the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum 
purposes, without monetary consideration but subject to such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary considers necessary, to private institutions exempt 
from Federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental entities if the 
Secretary determines that the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and 
interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is qualified to manage the 
property, prior to any conveyance under this subsection and subsection (g). 
(i) DESTRUCTION OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may destroy or 
cause to be destroyed museum objects that the Secretary determines to have 
no scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or monetary value. 
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