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CHAPTER 3—SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
41.Incorporation of institution.
42.Board of Regents; members.
43.Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies.
44.Organization of board; expenses; gratuitous services.
45.Special meetings of members.
46.Duties of Secretary.
46a.Employment of aliens by Secretary.
47.Acting Secretary.
48.Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants.
49.Omitted.
50.Reception and arrangement of specimens and objects of art.
50a.Gellatly art collection; estimates of sums needed for preservation and maintenance.
51.Library.
52.Evidence of title to site and buildings.
53.Protection of property.
53a.Authorization of appropriations.
54.Appropriation of interest.
55.Acceptance of other sums.
56.Disposal of unappropriated money.
57.Disbursements.
58.Omitted.
59.Collections of National Ocean Survey, United States Geological Survey, and others deposited in National Museum.
60.Army articles furnished to National Museum.
61 to 65.Repealed.
65a.Director of the National Museum.
66.Repealed.
67.Right of repeal.
68.Repealed.
69.Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations.
70.Authorization of appropriations; cooperative work.
71.Designation of site.
71a.Additions; payment of construction costs from trust funds.
71b.Status of completed addition.
72.Board of Trustees.
73.Acceptance of gift from A. W. Mellon.
74.Maintenance.
74a.Permanent loan of funds by Board of Trustees to Treasury; semiannual interest payments to Board.
75.Authority and functions of the board.
75a.Definitions.
75b.Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions.
75c.Creation of National Portrait Gallery Commission; members; functions; powers.
75d.Acceptance of gifts; title to property.
75e.Powers of Board.
75f.Director; appointment and compensation; officers and employees.
75g.Authorization of appropriations.
76, 76a.Omitted.
76b.Functions of Regents.
76c.Policy to foster appreciation of past and contemporary art.
76d.Donations of works of art from Government agencies.
76e.Housing or exhibiting objects of art possessed by Smithsonian Institution.
76f.Appointment, compensation, and duties of Director of Gallery; personnel.
76g.Authorization of appropriations.
76h.Board of Trustees.
76i.John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
76j.Duties of Board.
76k.Powers of Board.
76l.Official seal, Board vacancies and quorum, trustee powers and obligations, reports, support services, and review and audit.
76m.Photovoltaic system.
76n.Repealed.
76o.Borrowing authority to finance parking facilities.
76p.Acceptance and disposition of gifts to the United States contributed in honor or memory of the late President John F. Kennedy.
76q.Sole national memorial to the late John F. Kennedy within the city of Washington and environs.
76q–1.John F. Kennedy Center Plaza.
76r.Authorization of appropriations.
76s.Definitions.
76aa.Site for museum and sculpture garden.
76bb.Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
76cc.Board of Trustees.
76dd.Director, administrator, curators, and other personnel; appointment, compensation, and duties.
76ee.Authorization of appropriations.
77.National Air and Space Museum.
77a.Functions of museum.
77b.Repealed.
77c.Museum board.
77d.Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to museum.
78.Cooperation of Smithsonian Institution with State institutions for continuing paleontological investigations.
78a.Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds; limit on use of funds during fiscal year; supervision; rules and regulations.
79.Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake to be set aside.
79a.Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation.
79b.Functions of Smithsonian Institution.
79c.Resident manager; powers and duties; compensation.
79d.Deposit of receipts into Treasury; disbursements.
79e.Authorization of appropriations.
80.National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board.
80a.Display of contributions of Armed Forces.
80b.Selection of site.
80c.Transfer or loan of objects, equipment and records to Smithsonian Institution.
80d.Authorization of appropriations.
80e.Congressional declaration of policy.
80f.Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Board of Trustees of the Center.
80g.Powers and duties of Board.
80g–1.Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought.
80h.Administration; quorum.
80i.Authorization of appropriations; limitations.
80j.Audit of accounts.
80k.Donation and transfer of lands and improvements, works of art, and other assets and property of Museum of African Art to Smithsonian Institution.
80l.Establishment of Museum of African Art; functions.
80m.Powers of Board.
80n.Commission for the Museum of African Art.
80o.Director, officers, and employees; appointment, compensation, and duties.
80p.Funding.
80q.Findings.
80q–1.National Museum of the American Indian.
80q–2.Authority of Board of Regents to enter into agreement providing for transfer of Heye Foundation assets to Smithsonian Institution.
80q–3.Board of Trustees of National Museum of the American Indian.
80q–4.Director and staff of National Museum.
80q–5.Museum facilities.
80q–6.Custom House office space and auditorium.
80q–7.Audubon Terrace.
80q–8.Board of Regents functions with respect to certain agreements and programs.
80q–9.Inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution.
80q–9a.Summary and repatriation of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and cultural patrimony.
80q–10.Special committee to review inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects.
80q–11.Inventory, identification, and return of Native Hawaiian human remains and Native Hawaiian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution.
80q–12.Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian tribes with respect to agreements for return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects.
80q–13.Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian organizations with respect to renovation and repair of museum facilities and exhibit facilities.
80q–14.Definitions.
80q–15.Authorization of appropriations.
80r.Findings.
80r–1.Definitions.
80r–2.Establishment of Museum.
80r–3.Council.
80r–4.Director and staff of the Museum.
80r–5.Educational and liaison programs.
80r–6.Building for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
80r–7.Congressional Budget Act compliance.
80r–8.Consideration of recommendations of Presidential Commission.
80r–9.Authorization of appropriations.
80s.Findings; purpose.
80s–1.Establishment of joint project at Library of Congress and National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of histories of participants in American Civil Rights movement.
80s–2.Private support for civil rights history project.
80s–3.Authorization of appropriations.
§41. Incorporation of institution
(R.S. §5579; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, 19 Stat. 253; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41.)
R.S. §5579 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §1, 9 Stat. 102; Mar. 20, 1871, ch. 1, 17 Stat. 1.
R.S. §§5579 to 5594 (codified as sections 41 to 46, 48, 50, 51 to 53, 54 to 57, and 67 of this title) constituted Title 73 of the Revised Statutes, entitled “The Smithsonian Institution.” A preamble to these sections was as follows: “James Smithson, esquire, of London, in the kingdom of Great Britain, having by his last will and testament given the whole of his property to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the ‘Smithsonian Institution,’ an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men; and the United States having, by an act of Congress, received said property and accepted said trust; therefore, for the faithful execution of said trust, according to the will of the liberal and enlightened donor.”
R.S. §5579, as originally enacted, constituted the President, the Vice-President, the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, War, and the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice, the Commissioner of the Patent Office, and the Governor of the District of Columbia, and such persons as they might elect honorary members, an establishment by the name of the “Smithsonian Institution,” for the purposes and with the powers specified in the section as set forth here.
Pub. L. 108–72, §1, Aug. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 888, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 253l–8 of Title 41, Public Contracts, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 75b of this title and section 3521 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 50 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Smithsonian Facilities Authorization Act’.”
Pub. L. 89–674, §1, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 953, provided: “That this Act [enacting section 65a of this title and repealing section 65 of this title] may be cited as the ‘National Museum Act of 1966’.”
§42. Board of Regents; members
(a) The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may modify the number of members, manner of appointment of members, or tenure of members, of the boards or commissions under the jurisdiction of the Smithsonian Institution, other than—
(1) the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and
(2) the boards or commissions of the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
(R.S. §5580; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 91–551, §1(a), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title III, §355], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–303.)
R.S. §5580 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §3, 9 Stat. 103; Jan. 10, 1865, ch. 11, 13 Stat. 420; Mar. 20, 1871, ch. 1, 17 Stat. 1.
1970—Pub. L. 91–551 authorized three additional persons on the Board of Regents.
§43. Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies
The regents to be selected shall be appointed as follows: The Members of the Senate by the President thereof; the Members of the House by the Speaker thereof; and the nine other persons by joint resolution of the Congress. The Members of the House so appointed shall serve for the term of two years; and on every alternate fourth Wednesday of December a like number shall be appointed in the same manner to serve until the fourth Wednesday in December, in the second year succeeding their appointment. The Senators so appointed shall serve during the term for which they shall hold, without re-election, their office as Senators. Vacancies, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled as vacancies in committees are filled. The regular term of service for the other nine members shall be six years; and new elections thereof shall be made by joint resolutions of Congress. Vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise may be filled in like manner by joint resolution of Congress.
(R.S. §5581; Pub. L. 91–551, §1(b), (c), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1440.)
R.S. §5581 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §3, 9 Stat. 103.
1970—Pub. L. 91–551 authorized appointment of three additional members of the board by joint resolution of Congress.
§44. Organization of board; expenses; gratuitous services
The Board of Regents shall meet in the city of Washington and elect one of their number as chancellor, who shall be the presiding officer of the Board of Regents, and called the chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, and a suitable person as Secretary of the institution, who shall also be the secretary of the Board of Regents. The board shall also elect three of their own body as an executive committee, and shall fix the time for the regular meetings of the board; and, on application of any three of the regents to the Secretary of the institution, it shall be his duty to appoint a special meeting of the Board of Regents, of which he shall give notice, by letter, to each of the members; and, at any meeting of the board, eight shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each member of the board shall be paid his necessary traveling and other actual expenses, in attending meetings of the board, which shall be audited by the executive committee, and recorded by the Secretary of the board; but his service as regent shall be gratuitous.
(R.S. §5582; Pub. L. 91–551, §1(d), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1440.)
R.S. §5582 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §3, 9 Stat. 103.
1970—Pub. L. 91–551 increased number of members required to constitute a quorum from five to eight.
§45. Special meetings of members
(R.S. §5585.)
R.S. §5585 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §8, 9 Stat. 103.
§46. Duties of Secretary
The Secretary of the Board of Regents shall take charge of the building and property of the institution, and shall, under their direction, make a fair and accurate record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in the institution until no longer needed in conducting current business; and shall also discharge the duties of librarian and of keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the Board of Regents, employ assistants.
(R.S. §5583; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, §2(4), 65 Stat. 639.)
R.S. §5583 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §7, 9 Stat. 105.
1951—Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted “until no longer needed in conducting current business”.
§46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary
(May 13, 1884, ch. 44, 23 Stat. 21.)
Similar prior provisions were contained in act Jan. 24, 1879, ch. 21, 20 Stat. 264.
§48. Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants
(R.S. §5584.)
R.S. §5584 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §7, 9 Stat. 105.
§49. Omitted
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.
“(B) to enhance the care and protection of the Nation's collection of transportation-related artifacts;
Pub. L. 105–78, title VII, Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1524, known as the National Health Museum Development Act, which provided that the National Health Museum would be located on or near the Mall, established the National Health Museum Commission and its duties, including submission of a report to the President and Congress, provided that all Commission activities would be administered in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, provided for compensation of Commission members who were not officers or employees of the U.S., appropriated funds, and specified the Commission would terminate 60 days after submission of the report, was repealed, except for section 702, by Pub. L. 107–303, title III, §303, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2361. Section 702 of Pub. L. 105–78 amended section 1067 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 176 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
[Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 103–98 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending section 2 of Pub. L. 101–455, set out above] shall take effect as of October 24, 1990.”]
Pub. L. 94–98, Sept. 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 480, as amended by Pub. L. 95–569, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2444; Pub. L. 108–72, §2, Aug. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 888, provided that: “The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to prepare plans for, and to construct, museum support facilities to be used for (1) the care, curation, conservation, deposit, preparation, and study of the national collections of scientific, historic, and artistic objects, specimens, and artifacts; (2) the related documentation of such collections of the Smithsonian Institution; and (3) the training of museum conservators. No appropriation shall be made to construct the facilities authorized by this Act until the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, by resolution approve the final plans and specifications of such facilities.
The National Museum was not created by any express statutory provision for that purpose. It was first mentioned in an appropriation for postage for “the National Museum in the Smithsonian Institution,” contained in act June 20, 1874, ch. 328, §1, 18 Stat. 103. An appropriation for a building for the use of the National Museum was made by act Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182, §1, 20 Stat. 397, and annual appropriations have continuously been made for expenses of heating, etc., such building.
§50a. Gellatly art collection; estimates of sums needed for preservation and maintenance
§51. Library
(R.S. §5587.)
R.S. §5587 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §8, 9 Stat. 105.
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.
§52. Evidence of title to site and buildings
(R.S. §5588.)
R.S. §5588 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §4, 9 Stat. 104.
§53. Protection of property
(R.S. §5589.)
R.S. §5589 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §5, 9 Stat. 104.
§53a. Authorization of appropriations
Appropriations are authorized for the maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and the making of solar observations at high altitudes; for repairs and alterations of buildings and grounds occupied by the Smithsonian Institution in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications.
(Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, §2, 63 Stat. 623.)
§54. Appropriation of interest
(R.S. §5590; Pub. L. 97–199, §1, June 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 121.)
R.S. §5590 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §2, 9 Stat. 102; Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, §2, 14 Stat. 391.
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”.
Section 2 of Pub. L. 97–199 provided that: “The amendment made by the first section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1982.”
§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.)
R.S. §5591 derived from act Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, §1, 14 Stat. 391.
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.
§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.)
R.S. §5592 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §9, 9 Stat. 105.
§57. Disbursements
Whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or performance