20 U.S.C. § 42 : US Code - Section 42: Board of Regents; members

Search 20 U.S.C. § 42 : US Code - Section 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.