10 USC § 8474 - United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8474"
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title: "10 USC § 8474 - United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8474"
section_name: "United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund"
chapter_number: 853
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 436, § 6974; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 942(d)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–242; renumbered § 8474 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(c)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)"
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# § 8474. United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund

section 8473 of this title

Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States Naval Academy Museum Fund formerly maintained under this section shall be deemed to refer to the United States Naval Academy Gift and Museum Fund maintained under .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 436, § 6974; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 942(d)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–242; renumbered § 8474 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(c)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6974(a) | 34 U.S.C. 1118. | Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 52, § 3, 52 Stat. 119. |
| 6974(b) | 34 U.S.C. 1119. | Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 52, § 4, 52 Stat. 119. |
| 6974(c) | 34 U.S.C. 1120. | Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 52, § 5, 52 Stat. 119. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 8473” for “section 6973”.

2000— amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, section related to acceptance and administration of gifts, bequests, and loans for the benefit of the Naval Academy Museum.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Consolidation of Naval Academy General Gift Fund and Naval Academy Museum Fund

> **“(1)** The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer all amounts in the United States Naval Academy Museum Fund established by section 6974 [now 8474] of title 10, United States Code, to the gift fund maintained for the benefit and use of the United States Naval Academy under section 6973 [now 8473] of such title. Upon completing the transfer, the Secretary shall close the United States Naval Academy Museum Fund.
> 
> **“(2)** Amounts transferred under this subsection shall be merged with other amounts in the gift fund to which transferred and shall be available for the purposes for which amounts in that gift fund are available.”

, title IX, § 942(b)], , , 1654A–241, provided that: