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20 U.S.C. § 47 (EDUCATION)
§ 47. Acting Secretary
The chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution may, by an instrument in writing filed in the office of the Secretary thereof, designate and appoint a suitable person to act as Secretary of the Institution when there shall be a vacancy in said office, and whenever the Secretary shall be unable from illness, absence, or other cause to perform the duties of his office; and in such case the person so appointed may perform all the duties imposed on the Secretary by law until the vacancy shall be filled or such inability shall cease. The said chancellor may change such designation and appointment from time to time as the interests of the Institution may in his judgment require.
(May 13, 1884, ch. 44, 23 Stat. 21.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Similar prior provisions were contained in act Jan. 24, 1879, ch. 21, 20 Stat. 264.
20 U.S.C. § 48 (EDUCATION)
§ 48. Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants
The Secretary and his assistants shall, respectively, receive for their services such sum as may be allowed by the Board of Regents; and shall be removable by the Board of Regents whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the institution require such removal.
(R.S. § 5584.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5584 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 7, 9 Stat. 105.
Provisions which related to semi-annual payments on the first day of January and July have been omitted.
20 U.S.C. § 49 (EDUCATION)
§ 49. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 529, which required the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to submit to Congress annually a detailed statement of expenditures under appropriations for “International Exchanges,” “North American Ethnology,” and the “National Museum,”, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 192 of House Document No. 103–7.
20 U.S.C. § 51 (EDUCATION)
§ 51. Library
The Regents shall make, from the interest of the fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of $25,000 annually, for the gradual formation of a library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.
(R.S. § 5587.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5587 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 8, 9 Stat. 105.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Public Use of Research and Study Facilities of Certain Institutions
text: Under provisions of R.S. § 94 and act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 179, 18 Stat. 512, the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress was authorized to extend the use of the Library to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. These provisions were not classified to the Code, being rendered superfluous by a general declaration of public policy by Congress, by a joint resolution adopted Apr. 12, 1892, 27 Stat. 395, to the effect that facilities for study and research in the Library of Congress, the National Museum, and similar institutions shall be afforded investigators, students, etc., in the several states and territories as well as in the District of Columbia.
20 U.S.C. § 52 (EDUCATION)
§ 52. Evidence of title to site and buildings
The site and lands selected for buildings for the Smithsonian Institution shall be deemed appropriated to the institution, and the record of the description of such site and lands, or a copy thereof, certified by the chancellor and Secretary of the Board of Regents, shall be received as evidence in all courts of the extent and boundaries of the lands appropriated to the institution.
(R.S. § 5588.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5588 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 4, 9 Stat. 104.
20 U.S.C. § 53 (EDUCATION)
§ 53. Protection of property
All laws for the protection of public property in the city of Washington shall apply to, and be in force for, the protection of the lands, buildings, and other property of the Smithsonian Institution. All moneys recovered by or accruing to, the institution shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the Smithsonian bequest, and separately accounted for.
(R.S. § 5589.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5589 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 5, 9 Stat. 104.
20 U.S.C. § 54 (EDUCATION)
§ 54. Appropriation of interest
So much of the property of James Smithson as has been received in money, and paid into the Treasury of the United States, being the sum of $541,379.63, shall be lent to the United States Treasury and invested in public debt securities with maturities requested by the Smithsonian Institution bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, based upon current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities, and this interest is hereby appropriated for the perpetual maintenance and support of the Smithsonian Institution; and all expenditures and appropriations to be made, from time to time, to the purposes of the Institution shall be exclusively from the accruing interest, and not from the principal of the fund. All the moneys and stocks which have been, or may hereafter be, received into the Treasury of the United States, on account of the fund bequeathed by James Smithson, are hereby pledged to refund to the Treasury of the United States the sums hereby appropriated.
(R.S. § 5590; Pub. L. 97–199, § 1, June 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 121.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5590 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 2, 9 Stat. 102; Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, § 2, 14 Stat. 391.
heading: Amendments
text: 1982—Pub. L. 97–199 substituted “and invested in public debt securities with maturities requested by the Smithsonian Institution bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, based upon current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities, and this interest is hereby” for “, at 6 per centum per annum interest; and 6 per centum interest on the trust-fund and residuary legacy received into the United States Treasury, payable in half-yearly payments, on the first of January and July in each year, is”, substituted “purposes of the Institution” for “purposes of the institution”, and substituted “are hereby pledged” for “are pledged”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 97–199, § 2, June 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 121, provided that: “The amendment made by the first section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1982.”
20 U.S.C. § 55 (EDUCATION)
§ 55. Acceptance of other sums
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same terms as the original bequest of James Smithson, such sums as the Regents may, from time to time, see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of $1,000,000. This shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.
(R.S. § 5591; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5591 derived from act Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, § 1, 14 Stat. 391.
heading: Amendments
text: 1894—Act Mar. 12, 1894, made limitation on deposits into the Treasury inapplicable to receipt of gifts, bequests and devises and dispositions of money or other property.
20 U.S.C. § 56 (EDUCATION)
§ 56. Disposal of unappropriated money
The Regents are authorized to make such disposal of any other moneys which have accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest upon the Smithsonian fund, not herein appropriated, or not required for the purposes herein provided, as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator.
(R.S. § 5592.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5592 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 9, 9 Stat. 105.
20 U.S.C. § 57 (EDUCATION)
§ 57. Disbursements
Whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or performance of the contracts of the institution, incurred or entered into in conformity with the provisions of sections 41 to 46, 48, 50, 51 to 53, 54 to 57, and 67 of this title, or for making the purchases and executing the objects authorized by said sections, the Board of Regents, or the executive committee thereof, may certify to the chancellor and secretary of the board that such sum of money is required, whereupon they shall examine the same, and, if they shall approve thereof, shall certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury for payment. The board shall submit to Congress, at each session thereof, a report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution.
(R.S. § 5593.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5593 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 3, 9 Stat. 103.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Termination of Reporting Requirements
text: For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this section relating to submitting a report to Congress at each session of Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 192 of House Document No. 103–7.
20 U.S.C. § 58 (EDUCATION)
§ 58. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 424, § 1, 30 Stat. 1085, which required that the salaries of officers and employees paid from appropriations under the Smithsonian Institution be reported to Congress annually, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 192 of House Document No. 103–7.
20 U.S.C. § 60 (EDUCATION)
§ 60. Army articles furnished to National Museum
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to furnish to the National Museum, for exhibition, upon request therefor by the administrative head thereof, such articles of arms, materiel, equipment, or clothing as have been issued from time to time to the United States Army, or which have been or may hereafter be produced for the United States Army, and which are objects of general interest or of foreign or curious research, provided that such articles can be spared.
(Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 1, 41 Stat. 1438; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(4), 65 Stat. 708.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out “are surplus or” after “articles”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
heading: Secretary of Air Force
text: For transfer of certain personal property and personal property functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, from Secretary of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 39 [§ 2vv], eff. May 18, 1949.
20 U.S.C. § 67 (EDUCATION)
§ 67. Right of repeal
Congress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the provisions of sections 41 to 46, 48, 50, 51 to 53, and 54 to 57, of this title; but no contract or individual right made or acquired under such provisions shall be thereby divested or impaired.
(R.S. § 5594.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 5594 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 11, 9 Stat. 106.
20 U.S.C. § 69 (EDUCATION)
§ 69. Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains.
(Apr. 10, 1928, ch. 335, § 1, 45 Stat. 413; Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, § 1, 63 Stat. 623.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1949—Act Aug. 22, 1949, substituted “to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological” for “for continuing ethnological” and inserted “and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States”.
20 U.S.C. § 71a (EDUCATION)
§ 71a. Additions; payment of construction costs from trust funds
The Trustees of the National Gallery of Art are authorized to construct within the area reserved as a site for future additions by the third sentence of section 71 of this title one or more buildings to serve as additions to the National Gallery of Art. The cost of constructing any such building shall be paid from trust funds administered by such Trustees. The plans and specifications for any such building shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission.
(Pub. L. 90–376, § 1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, which comprises this subchapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Jurisdiction
text: Pub. L. 90–376, § 4, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286, provided that: “The Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia is authorized to transfer to the United States such jurisdiction as the District of Columbia may have over any of the property within the area referred to in the first section of this Act [this section].”
heading: Public Utility: Payment of Cost of Relocation or Protection From Trust Funds
text: Pub. L. 90–376, § 5, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286, provided that: “If any public utility (whether privately or publicly owned) located within the area referred to in the first section of this Act [this section] is required to be relocated or protected by reason of the construction within such area of any addition to the National Gallery of Art, the cost of such relocation or protection shall be paid from trust funds administered by the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art.”
20 U.S.C. § 71b (EDUCATION)
§ 71b. Status of completed addition
Any building constructed under authority of section 71a of this title shall, upon completion, be a part of the National Gallery of Art.
(Pub. L. 90–376, § 2, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, which comprises this subchapter.
20 U.S.C. § 72 (EDUCATION)
§ 72. Board of Trustees
(a) Establishment
There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau, which shall be directed by a board to be known as the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, whose duty it shall be to maintain and administer the National Gallery of Art and site thereof and to execute such other functions as are vested in the board by this subchapter. The board shall be composed as follows: The Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ex officio; and five general trustees who shall be citizens of the United States, to be chosen as hereinafter provided. No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be eligible to be chosen as a general trustee.
(b) Method of selection; term of office
The general trustees first taking office shall be chosen by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to the approval of the donor, and shall have terms expiring one each on July 1 of 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, and 1947, as designated by the Board of Regents. A successor shall be chosen by a majority vote of the general trustees and shall have a term expiring ten years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was chosen, except that a successor chosen to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of such term shall be chosen only for the remainder of such term.
(Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, § 2, 50 Stat. 52.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Delegation of Functions by Secretary of State to Director of United States Information Agency
text: Pub. L. 95–426, title II, § 205, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 975, as amended by Pub. L. 97–241, title III, § 303(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291, provided that: “The Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of the United States Information Agency, with the consent of the Director, the functions vested in the Secretary by section 2(a) of the joint resolution entitled ‘Joint Resolution providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art’, approved March 24, 1937 (20 U.S.C. 72(a)).”
[For abolition of United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau), transfer of functions, and treatment of references thereto, see sections 6531, 6532, and 6551 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.]
20 U.S.C. § 74a (EDUCATION)
§ 74a. Permanent loan of funds by Board of Trustees to Treasury; semiannual interest payments to Board
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury from time to time as a permanent loan by the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art to the United States sums in cash of not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, and to pay interest on the principal amount of such loan at a rate which is the higher of the rate of 4 per centum per annum or a rate which is .25 percentage points less than a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding long-term marketable obligations of the United States, adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum, payable semiannually. Such interest is permanently appropriated for payment to the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art.
(Apr. 10, 1943, ch. 46, 57 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 94–418, Sept. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 1278.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, which comprises this subchapter.
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Pub. L. 94–418 inserted provision authorizing alternate interest rate to existing interest rate of 4 per centum per annum.
20 U.S.C. § 75a (EDUCATION)
§ 75a. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter—
(a) The term “Board” means the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
(b) The term “Commission” means the National Portrait Gallery Commission as provided for in this subchapter.
(c) The term “Gallery” means the National Portrait Gallery established by this subchapter.
(d) The term “gift” includes a gift, bequest, or devise, whether outright or in trust, and any legal instrument by which the gift is effected.
(e) The term “portraiture” includes portraits and reproductions thereof made by any means or process, whether invented or developed heretofore or hereafter.
(Pub. L. 87–443, § 2, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 94–209, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 30.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94–209 substituted “includes portraits and reproductions thereof made by any means or process, whether invented or developed heretofore or hereafter” for “for purposes of this subchapter shall mean painted or sculptured likenesses”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 87–443, § 1, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 62, provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘National Portrait Gallery Act’.”
20 U.S.C. § 75f (EDUCATION)
§ 75f. Director; appointment and compensation; officers and employees
(a) The Board may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of a director of the Gallery, and his appointment and salary shall not be subject to the civil-service laws or chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. The Board may employ such other officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient administration, operation, and maintenance of the Gallery.
(b) The Board may delegate to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as to the Commission, any of its functions pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 87–443, § 7, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: In subsec. (a), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b) Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
(EDUCATION)
§§ 76, 76a. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section 76, act May 17, 1938, ch. 238, § 1, 52 Stat. 399, directed National Capital Park and Planning Commission to designate and President to assign a site for a building to house and display national collections of fine arts, portraits of eminent Americans, and works of artists deserving of recognition.
Section 76a, act May 17, 1938, ch. 238, § 2, 52 Stat. 399, created Smithsonian Gallery of Art Commission which terminated upon approval by Regents of Smithsonian Institution of design for buildings and grounds.