20 U.S.C. § 971 : US Code - Section 971: Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage

Search 20 U.S.C. § 971 : US Code - Section 971: Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage

(a) Authorization of Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities
The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities (hereinafter in
this chapter referred to as the "Council"), established under
section 958 of this title, is authorized to make agreements to
indemnify against loss or damage such items as may be eligible for
such indemnity agreements under section 972 of this title -
(1) in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(2) on such terms and conditions as the Council shall
prescribe, by regulation, in order to achieve the purposes of
this chapter and, consistent with such purposes, to protect the
financial interest of the United States.
(b) Council as "agency"
(1) For purposes of this chapter, the Council shall be an
"agency" within the meaning of the appropriate definitions of such
term in title 5.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of
Art, the member designated by the Chairman of the Senate Commission
of Art and Antiquities and the member designated by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives shall not serve as members of the
Council.