Notes on smithsonian institution, national museums and art galleries : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on smithsonian institution, national museums and art galleries : US Code - Notes

SUBCHAPTER I - CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec.
41. Incorporation of institution.
42. Board of Regents; members.
43. Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies.
44. Organization of board; expenses; gratuitous services.
45. Special meetings of members.
46. Duties of Secretary.
46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary.
47. Acting Secretary.
48. Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants.
49. Omitted.
50. Reception and arrangement of specimens and objects of
art.
50a. Gellatly art collection; estimates of sums needed for
preservation and maintenance.
51. Library.
52. Evidence of title to site and buildings.
53. Protection of property.
53a. Authorization of appropriations.
54. Appropriation of interest.
55. Acceptance of other sums.
56. Disposal of unappropriated money.
57. Disbursements.
58. Omitted.
59. Collections of National Ocean Survey, United States
Geological Survey, and others deposited in National
Museum.
60. Army articles furnished to National Museum.
61 to 65. Repealed.
65a. Director of the National Museum.
(a) Duties; programs and studies; annual report to
Congress.
(b) Authorization of appropriations.
66. Repealed.
67. Right of repeal.
68. Repealed.
69. Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution
with States, educational institutions, or scientific
organizations.
70. Authorization of appropriations; cooperative work.

SUBCHAPTER II - NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
71. Designation of site.
71a. Additions; payment of construction costs from trust
funds.
71b. Status of completed addition.
72. Board of Trustees.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Method of selection; term of office.
73. Acceptance of gift from A. W. Mellon.
74. Maintenance.
(a) Pledge of funds for upkeep; authorization of
appropriations.
(b) Acceptance of gifts and other property;
investment of funds.
(c) Appointment and compensation of officers and
employees.
(d) Review of actions of board.
74a. Permanent loan of funds by Board of Trustees to
Treasury; semiannual interest payments to Board.
75. Authority and functions of the board.
(a) Official seal; bylaws, rules, and regulations;
quorum.
(b) Quality of works of art.
(c) Powers and obligations.
(d) Annual reports.

SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
75a. Definitions.
75b. Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions.
75c. Creation of National Portrait Gallery Commission;
members; functions; powers.
75d. Acceptance of gifts; title to property.
75e. Powers of Board.
75f. Director; appointment and compensation; officers and
employees.
75g. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER IV - SMITHSONIAN GALLERY OF ART
76, 76a. Omitted.
76b. Functions of Regents.
(a) Solicitation of construction funds.
(b) Construction of building.
(c) Name of building; supervision and control.
76c. Policy to foster appreciation of past and contemporary
art.
(a) Solicitations of private donations.
(b) Solicitation of funds to acquire and sell works
of art; employ artists, award scholarships,
etc.
76d. Donations of works of art from Government agencies.
76e. Housing or exhibiting objects of art possessed by
Smithsonian Institution.
76f. Appointment, compensation, and duties of Director of
Gallery; personnel.
76g. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER V - JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
76h. Board of Trustees.
(a) Establishment.
(b) General trustees.
(c) Advisory Committee on the Arts.
76i. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
(a) In general.
(b) Parking garage additions and site improvements.
76j. Duties of Board.
(a) Programs, activities, and goals.
(b) Restriction on additional memorials.
76k. Powers of Board.
(a) Solicitation and acceptance of gifts.
(b) Appointment of officers and employees.
(c) Transfer of property.
(d) Transfer of personnel.
(e) Review of Board actions.
(f) Collective bargaining.
(g) Pedestrian and vehicular access.
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.
(b) Powers and obligations of Board in respect of
trust funds.
(c) Annual report of operations and finances.
(d) Inspector General.
(e) Property and personnel compensation.
76m, 76n. Repealed.
76o. Borrowing authority to finance parking facilities.
(a) Revenue bonds.
(b) Interest.
(c) Kennedy Center Revenue Bond Sinking Fund.
76p. Acceptance and disposition of gifts to the United
States contributed in honor or memory of the late
President John F. Kennedy.
76q. Sole national memorial to the late John F. Kennedy
within the city of Washington and environs.
76q-1. John F. Kennedy Center Plaza.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Responsibilities of the Secretary.
(c) Responsibilities of the Board.
(d) Responsibilities of the District of Columbia.
(e) Ownership.
(f) National highway boundaries.
(g) GAO review.
76r. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) Maintenance, repair, and security.
(b) Capital projects.
(c) John F. Kennedy Center Plaza.
(d) Limitation on use of funds.
76s. Definitions.

SUBCHAPTER VI - JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
76aa. Site for museum and sculpture garden.
(a) Appropriation and availability.
(b) Powers and duties of Board of Regents.
76bb. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
(a) Designation; administration by Board of
Regents; cooperation of Board with Secretary
of the Interior.
(b) Federal funds.
(c) Uses.
76cc. Board of Trustees.
(a) Establishment; powers and duties.
(b) Membership; appointment; terms of office;
vacancies.
76dd. Director, administrator, curators, and other
personnel; appointment, compensation, and duties.
76ee. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER VII - NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
77. National Air and Space Museum.
(a) Establishment; board; administration;
reimbursement of expenses.
(b) Appointment and compensation of head of museum.
77a. Functions of museum.
77b. Repealed.
77c. Museum board.
(a) Seal; regulations; vacancies.
(b) Annual report.
77d. Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight
equipment to museum.

SUBCHAPTER VIII - PALEONTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
78. Cooperation of Smithsonian Institution with State
institutions for continuing paleontological
investigations.
78a. Authorization of appropriations; availability of
funds; limit on use of funds during fiscal year;
supervision; rules and regulations.

SUBCHAPTER IX - CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA
79. Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake to be set aside.
79a. Preservation of natural features for scientific
observation and investigation.
79b. Functions of Smithsonian Institution.
79c. Resident manager; powers and duties; compensation.
79d. Deposit of receipts into Treasury; disbursements.
79e. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER X - NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD
80. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board.
(a) Establishment; functions.
(b) Membership.
(c) Term of office; vacancies.
(d) Quorum.
(e) Compensation, travel and other expenses.
(f) Biennial organization; rules and regulations.
80a. Display of contributions of Armed Forces.
(a) Study center; historical collections.
(b) National Air and Space Museum provisions
unaffected.
80b. Selection of site.
(a) Authorization of Board of Regents; submission
of recommendations to Congress.
(b) Public exhibits and study collections; exhibits
of military and naval operations.
80c. Transfer or loan of objects, equipment and records to
Smithsonian Institution.
80d. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER XI - WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
80e. Congressional declaration of policy.
80f. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;
Board of Trustees of the Center.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Composition of Board.
(c) Appointment of alternate members by members of
Board.
(d) Terms of office; vacancies; reappointment.
(e) Chairman and Vice Chairman of Board.
80g. Powers and duties of Board.
(a) Appointment of scholars; gifts, bequests, etc.;
grants; location of Center; physical
facilities; compensation of officers; plans
and specifications for Center.
(b) Relocation assistance and programs.
80g-1. Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political
Thought.
(a) Establishment in Center.
(b) Selection of Humphrey Fellow; term;
compensation.
(c) Functions of Humphrey Fellow; publication and
dissemination by Board of Memorial Lectures.
(d) Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Trust Fund;
establishment, composition, investments, etc.
(e) Payments to Board from investments for
implementation of Fellowship purposes.
(f) Authorization of appropriations.
80h. Administration; quorum.
80i. Authorization of appropriations; limitations.
80j. Audit of accounts.

SUBCHAPTER XII - MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART
80k. Donation and transfer of lands and improvements, works
of art, and other assets and property of Museum of
African Art to Smithsonian Institution.
80l. Establishment of Museum of African Art; functions.
80m. Powers of Board.
(a) Acquisition, retention, and disposition of
property; research and education programs.
(b) Recommendations of Commission.
80n. Commission for the Museum of African Art.
(a) Establishment; duties.
(b) Membership.
(c) Terms of office.
(d) Quorum; vacancies.
(e) Travel, subsistence, and other expenses.
(f) Selection of officers; bylaws.
80o. Director, officers, and employees; appointment,
compensation, and duties.
80p. Funding.
(a) Federal funds for Museum.
(b) Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER XIII - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
80q. Findings.
80q-1. National Museum of the American Indian.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Purposes.
80q-2. Authority of Board of Regents to enter into agreement
providing for transfer of Heye Foundation assets to
Smithsonian Institution.
80q-3. Board of Trustees of National Museum of the American
Indian.
(a) In general.
(b) General duties and powers.
(c) Sole authority.
(d) Authority.
(e) Initial appointments to Board of Trustees.
(f) Subsequent appointments to Board of Trustees.
(g) Quorum.
(h) Expenses.
80q-4. Director and staff of National Museum.
(a) In general.
(b) Offer of employment to Heye Foundation
employees.
(c) Applicability of certain civil service laws.
80q-5. Museum facilities.
(a) National Museum mall facility.
(b) National Museum Heye Center facility.
(c) Museum Support Center facility.
(d) Minimum square footage.
(e) Authority to contract with GSA.
(f) Limitation on obligation of Federal funds.
80q-6. Custom House office space and auditorium.
(a) Repairs and alterations.
(b) Authorization of appropriation.
80q-7. Audubon Terrace.
(a) In general.
(b) Determination of charges.
(c) Definition.
80q-8. Board of Regents functions with respect to certain
agreements and programs.
(a) Priority to be given to Indian organizations
with respect to certain agreements.
(b) Indian programs.
(c) Indian Museum Management Fellowships.
(d) Authorization of appropriations.
80q-9. Inventory, identification, and return of Indian human
remains and Indian funerary objects in possession of
Smithsonian Institution.
(a) Inventory and identification.
(b) Notice in case of identification of tribal
origin.
(c) Return of Indian human remains and associated
Indian funerary objects.
(d) Return of Indian funerary objects not
associated with Indian human remains.
(e) Interpretation.
(f) Authorization of appropriations.
80q-9a. Summary and repatriation of unassociated funerary
objects, sacred objects, and cultural patrimony.
(a) Summary.
(b) Repatriation.
(c) Standard of repatriation.
(d) Museum obligation.
(e) Statutory construction.
(f) "Native Hawaiian organization" defined.
80q-10. Special committee to review inventory, identification,
and return of Indian human remains and Indian
funerary objects.
(a) Establishment; duties.
(b) Membership.
(c) Access.
(d) Pay and expenses of members.
(e) Rules and administrative support.
(f) Report and termination.
(g) Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee
Act.
(h) Authorization of appropriations.
80q-11. Inventory, identification, and return of Native
Hawaiian human remains and Native Hawaiian funerary
objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution.
(a) In general.
(b) Definitions.
80q-12. Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian
tribes with respect to agreements for return of
Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects.
(a) In general.
(b) Authorization of appropriations.
80q-13. Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian
organizations with respect to renovation and repair
of museum facilities and exhibit facilities.
(a) Grants.
(b) Indian organization contribution.
(c) Tribal Museum Endowment Fund.
80q-14. Definitions.
80q-15. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) Funding.
(b) Period of availability.

SUBCHAPTER XIV - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND
CULTURE
80r. Findings.
80r-1. Definitions.
80r-2. Establishment of Museum.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Purpose.
80r-3. Council.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Duties.
(c) Composition and appointment.
(d) Terms.
(e) Compensation.
(f) Chairperson.
(g) Meetings.
(h) Quorum.
80r-4. Director and staff of the Museum.
(a) Director.
(b) Staff.
(c) Pay.
80r-5. Educational and liaison programs.
(a) In general.
(b) Grant and scholarship programs.
80r-6. Building for the National Museum of African American
History and Culture.
(a) In general.
(b) Cost sharing.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
80r-7. Congressional Budget Act compliance.
80r-8. Consideration of recommendations of Presidential
Commission.
80r-9. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) In general.
(b) Availability.
(c) Use of funds for fundraising.