Notes on 20 U.S.C. § 71 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 20 U.S.C. § 71 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 51.)
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
Pub. L. 106-385, Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1463, provided that:
"SECTION 1. RENAMING OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART.
"(a) In General. - The National Museum of American Art, as
designated under section 1 of Public Law 96-441 (20 U.S.C. 71
note), shall be known as the 'Smithsonian American Art Museum'.
"(b) References in Law. - Any reference in any law, regulation,
document, or paper to the National Museum of American Art shall be
considered to be a reference to the Smithsonian American Art
Museum.
"SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
"Section 1 shall take effect on the day after the date of
enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 2000]."
Pub. L. 96-441, Secs. 1, 3, 4, Oct. 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 1884,
provided: "That the bureau of the Smithsonian Institution
designated as the National Collection of Fine Arts by section 6(c)
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. 71 note), shall be known as the
'National Museum of American Art'.
"Sec. 3. Any reference in any law, regulation, document, or paper
to the National Collection of Fine Arts or the Museum of History
and Technology shall on and after the effective date of this Act
[Oct. 13, 1980] be considered to be a reference to the National
Museum of American Art and the National Museum of American History,
respectively.
"Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on the day after the date of
the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 1980]."
Act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, sections 1 to 5 of which
are incorporated as sections 71, 72 to 74, and 75 of this title,
provided in section 6(c) that: "The existing bureau of the
Smithsonian Institution now designated as a national gallery of art
shall hereafter be known as the National Collection of Fine Arts."
GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING; TRANSFER TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
FOR USE AS ART GALLERIES; RELOCATION OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
TRADE COMMISSION
Pub. L. 98-523, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2433, provided: "That at
such time as it is declared to be excess property pursuant to
section 2(d) of this Act, the Administrator of General Services
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 'Administrator') is
authorized to transfer to the Smithsonian Institution, in
accordance with section 202 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 483) [now 40 U.S.C.
521-527, 529], without reimbursement, and for use by the
Smithsonian Institution for certain art galleries and related
functions, the General Post Office Building with any attached
underground structures and the site of such building, located
between Seventh and Eighth Streets Northwest and E and F Streets
Northwest, in the District of Columbia.
"Sec. 2. (a) The Administrator, at the earliest practicable date,
shall relocate all operations of the United States International
Trade Commission (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
'Commission') to a building in downtown Washington, District of
Columbia. The Administrator's determination as to such relocation
shall be based on studies and investigations in which the Chairman
of the Commission shall have full opportunity to consult and
cooperate with the Administrator. Such consultation shall include
opportunity for the Chairman to participate jointly with the
Administrator in surveys of available buildings and to submit views
and recommendations to the Administrator with respect to space
suitable for the Commission's operations. The Administrator shall
advise the Chairman in writing of the building to which the
operations of the Commission are to be relocated. The
Administrator's determination of such relocation shall not take
effect for a period of at least sixty days after the date such
determination is made and the Chairman is advised of the building
to which the operations of the Commission are to be relocated. In
the event the Chairman disagrees with the Administrator's
determination of such relocation, the Chairman, within thirty days
after the Chairman is advised of the building to which the
operations of the Commission are to be relocated, may make a
written request for review of such determination to the
Administrator, and the Administrator shall conduct a formal review
of such determination.
"(b) The Administrator and the Chairman shall each report
separately in writing to the Committees on Environment and Public
Works, Finance, Rules and Administration, and Governmental Affairs
[now Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs] of
the Senate and to the Committees on Public Works and
Transportation, Ways and Means, House Administration, and
Government Operations of the House of Representatives not later
than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 19,
1984] and every thirty days thereafter on the status of the
relocation required by this section.
"(c) During the period in which the Commission and the United
States Postal Service continue to occupy the General Post Office
Building referred to in the first section of this Act, the
Administrator shall maintain such building in order to prevent its
deterioration and to assure that conditions therein are safe and
the building is presentable and suitable to the normal operations
of the Commission and such Service.
"(d) Upon accomplishment of the relocation required by subsection
(a) of this section, the Administrator shall declare the property
referred to in the first section of this Act to be excess property
as defined in section 3 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472) [now 40 U.S.C. 102].
"Sec. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution $40,000,000 for fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1984, for renovation and repair,
after the transfer made under the first section of this Act, of the
General Post Office Building referred to in such section. Any
portion of the sums appropriated under this section may be
transferred to the General Services Administration which, in
consultation with the Smithsonian Institution, is authorized to
enter into contracts and take such other action, to the extent of
the sums so transferred to it, as may be necessary to carry out
such renovation and repair. No contract for such renovation or
repair shall be advertised or entered into before the end of the
period of thirty days of continuous session of Congress beginning
on the date the Smithsonian Institution submits to the Committees
on Public Works and Transportation and House Administration of the
House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and
Public Works and Rules and Administration of the Senate the plans
and advanced engineering and design for such renovation and repair.
For purposes of this section, continuity of session is broken only
by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which
either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more
than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of
any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session."