20 U.S.C. § 80n : US Code - Section 80N: Commission for the Museum of African Art

Search 20 U.S.C. § 80n : US Code - Section 80N: Commission for the Museum of African Art

(a) Establishment; duties
There is established a Commission for the Museum of African Art
(hereinafter the "Commission") which shall provide advice and
assistance to the Board concerning the operation and development of
the Museum, its collections and programs.
(b) Membership
The Commission shall consist of fifteen members to be appointed
by the Board. In addition, the Secretary and an Assistant Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution shall serve as ex officio members.
The Board shall appoint to the first term on the Commission no less
than ten members of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of African
Art who are serving on October 5, 1978. Each initial member so
appointed shall serve for a three-year term. Thereafter, in
appointing members of the Commission the Board shall continue to
include representatives of African descendants in the United
States, collectors of African Art, and scholars in the fields of
African art and culture.
(c) Terms of office
Members of the Commission shall be appointed to serve for a three-
year term, except that after the appointment of the first term of
the Commission as specified in subsection (b) of this section, the
terms of office of members next appointed shall expire, as
designated by the Board at the time of appointment, one-third at
the end of one year, one-third at the end of two years, and one-
third at the end of three years. Any member appointed to fill a
vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of
such term. Members may be reappointed.
(d) Quorum; vacancies
A majority of the appointed members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum and any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its power to function.
(e) Travel, subsistence, and other expenses
Members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel,
subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the
performance of their duties.
(f) Selection of officers; bylaws
The Commission shall select officers, from among its members
biennially and shall make bylaws to carry out its functions under
this subchapter.