20 U.S.C. § 76l : US Code - Section 76L: Official seal, Board vacancies and quorum, trustee powers and obligations, reports, support services, and review and audit

Search 20 U.S.C. § 76l : US Code - Section 76L: Official seal, Board vacancies and quorum, trustee powers and obligations, reports, support services, and review and audit

(a) Adoption of seal; Board function notwithstanding vacancies;
quorum
The Board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall be
judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations,
as it deems necessary for the administration of its functions under
this subchapter, including, among other matters, bylaws, rules, and
regulations relating to the administration of its trust funds and
the organization and procedure of the Board. The Board may function
notwithstanding vacancies and twelve members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(b) Powers and obligations of Board in respect of trust funds
The Board shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a
trustee in respect of all trust funds administered by it.
(c) Annual report of operations and finances
The Board shall submit to the Smithsonian Institution and to
Congress an annual report of the operations of the Board under this
subchapter, including a detailed statement of all public and
private moneys received and disbursed by it.
(d) Inspector General
The functions of the Board funded by funds appropriated pursuant
to section 76r of this title shall be subject to the requirements
for a Federal entity under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.). The Inspector General of the Smithsonian Institution
is authorized to carry out the requirements of such Act on behalf
of the Board, on a reimbursable basis when requested by the Board.
(e) Property and personnel compensation
(1) In general
The Board may procure insurance against any loss in connection
with the property of the Board and other assets administered by
the Board. Each employee and volunteer of the Board shall be
considered to be a civil employee of the United States (within
the meaning of the term "employee" as defined in section 8101(1)
of title 5), except that the Board shall continue to provide
benefits with respect to any disability or death resulting from a
personal injury to a nonappropriated fund employee of the Board
sustained while in the performance of the duties of the employee
for the Board pursuant to the workers compensation statute of the
jurisdiction in which the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts is located. The disability or death benefits
referred to in the preceding sentence, whether under the workers
compensation statute referred to in the preceding sentence or
under chapter 81 of title 5, shall continue to be the exclusive
liability of the Board and the United States with respect to all
employees and volunteers of the Board.
(2) Federal tort claims
For the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, an employee of the
Board shall be considered to be an "employee of the government"
and the Board shall be considered to be a "Federal agency". No
employee of the Board may bring suit against the United States or
the Board under the Federal tort claims procedure of chapter 171
of title 28 for disability or death resulting from personal
injury sustained while in the performance of the duties of the
employee for the Board.