20 U.S.C. § 76h : US Code - Section 76H: Board of Trustees

Search 20 U.S.C. § 76h : US Code - Section 76H: Board of Trustees

(a) Establishment
(1) In general
There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau,
which shall be directed by a board to be known as the Trustees of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (hereafter in
this subchapter referred to as the "Board"), whose duty it shall
be to maintain and administer the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts and site thereof as the National Center for the
Performing Arts, a living memorial to John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
and to execute such other functions as are vested in the Board by
this subchapter.
(2) Membership
The Board shall be composed of -
(A) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(B) the Librarian of Congress;
(C) the Secretary of State;
(D) the Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts;
(E) the Mayor of the District of Columbia;
(F) the Superintendent of Schools of the District of
Columbia;
(G) the Director of the National Park Service;
(H) the Secretary of Education;
(I) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution;
(J)(i) the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives;
(ii) the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of
Representatives; and
(iii) three additional Members of the House of
Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
(K)(i) the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the
Senate;
(ii) the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and
(iii) three additional Members of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate; and
(L) thirty-six general trustees, who shall be citizens of the
United States, to be appointed in accordance with subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) General trustees
The general trustees shall be appointed by the President of the
United States. Each trustee shall hold office as a member of the
Board for a term of 6 years, except that -
(1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the
expiration of the term for which the predecessor of the member
was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of the term;
(2) a member shall continue to serve until the successor of the
member has been appointed; and
(3) the term of office of a member appointed before July 21,
1994, shall expire as designated at the time of appointment.
(c) Advisory Committee on the Arts
There shall be an Advisory Committee on the Arts composed of such
members as the President of the United States may designate, to
serve at the pleasure of the President. Persons appointed to the
Advisory Committee on the Arts, including officers or employees of
the United States, shall be persons who are recognized for their
knowledge of, or experience or interest in, one or more of the arts
in the fields covered by the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts. The President shall designate the Chairman of the
Advisory Committee on the Arts. In making such appointments the
President shall give consideration to such recommendations as may
from time to time be submitted to him by leading national
organizations in the appropriate art fields. The Advisory Committee
on the Arts shall advise and consult with the Board and make
recommendations to the Board regarding existing and prospective
cultural activities to be carried out by the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts. The Advisory Committee on the Arts shall
assist the Board in carrying out section 76k(a) of this title.
Members of the Advisory Committee on the Arts shall serve without
compensation.