Title 20, Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries

Incorporation of institution

Board of Regents; members

Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies

Organization of board; expenses; gratuitous services

Special meetings of members

Duties of Secretary

Employment of aliens by Secretary

Acting Secretary

Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants

Omitted

Reception and arrangement of specimens and objects of art

Gellatly art collection; estimates of sums needed for preservation and maintenance

Library

Evidence of title to site and buildings

Protection of property

Authorization of appropriations

Appropriation of interest

Acceptance of other sums

Disposal of unappropriated money

Disbursements

Omitted

Collections of National Ocean Survey, United States Geological Survey, and others deposited in National Museum

Army articles furnished to National Museum

Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(37)–(40), 65 Stat. 702

Repealed. Pub. L. 89–674, § 3, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 953

Director of the National Museum

Repealed. June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, § 602(a)(19), 63 Stat. 400, eff. July 1, 1949; renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583

Right of repeal

Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 4, 54 Stat. 1111

Anthropological researches; cooperation of Institution with States, educational institutions, or scientific organizations

Authorization of appropriations; cooperative work

Designation of site

Additions; payment of construction costs from trust funds

Status of completed addition

Board of Trustees

Acceptance of gift from A. W. Mellon

Maintenance

Permanent loan of funds by Board of Trustees to Treasury; semiannual interest payments to Board

Authority and functions of the board

Definitions

Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions

Creation of National Portrait Gallery Commission; members; functions; powers

Acceptance of gifts; title to property

Powers of Board

Director; appointment and compensation; officers and employees

Authorization of appropriations

Omitted

Functions of Regents

Policy to foster appreciation of past and contemporary art

Donations of works of art from Government agencies

Housing or exhibiting objects of art possessed by Smithsonian Institution

Appointment, compensation, and duties of Director of Gallery; personnel

Authorization of appropriations

Board of Trustees

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Duties of Board

Powers of Board

Official seal, Board vacancies and quorum, trustee powers and obligations, reports, support services, and review and audit

Photovoltaic system

Repealed. Pub. L. 101–449, § 3, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1050

Borrowing authority to finance parking facilities

Acceptance and disposition of gifts to the United States contributed in honor or memory of the late President John F. Kennedy

Sole national memorial to the late John F. Kennedy within the city of Washington and environs

John F. Kennedy Center Plaza

Authorization of appropriations

Definitions

Site for museum and sculpture garden

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Board of Trustees

Director, administrator, curators, and other personnel; appointment, compensation, and duties

Authorization of appropriations

National Air and Space Museum

Functions of museum

Repealed. Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 5, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 310

Museum board

Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to museum

Cooperation of Smithsonian Institution with State institutions for continuing paleontological investigations

Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds; limit on use of funds during fiscal year; supervision; rules and regulations

Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake to be set aside

Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation

Functions of Smithsonian Institution

Resident manager; powers and duties; compensation

Deposit of receipts into Treasury; disbursements

Authorization of appropriations

National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board

Display of contributions of Armed Forces

Selection of site

Transfer or loan of objects, equipment and rec­ords to Smithsonian Institution

Authorization of appropriations

Congressional declaration of policy

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Board of Trustees of the Center

Powers and duties of Board

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought

Administration; quorum

Authorization of appropriations; limitations

Audit of accounts

Donation and transfer of lands and improvements, works of art, and other assets and property of Museum of African Art to Smithsonian Institution

Establishment of Museum of African Art; functions

Powers of Board

Commission for the Museum of African Art

Director, officers, and employees; appointment, compensation, and duties

Funding

Findings

National Museum of the American Indian

Authority of Board of Regents to enter into agreement providing for transfer of Heye Foundation assets to Smithsonian Institution

Board of Trustees of National Museum of the American Indian

Director and staff of National Museum

Museum facilities

Custom House office space and auditorium

Audubon Terrace

Board of Regents functions with respect to certain agreements and programs

Inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution

Summary and repatriation of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and cultural patrimony

Special committee to review inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects

Inventory, identification, and return of Native Hawaiian human remains and Native Hawaiian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution

Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian tribes with respect to agreements for return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects

Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian organizations with respect to renovation and repair of museum facilities and exhibit facilities

Definitions

Authorization of appropriations

Findings

Definitions

Establishment of Museum

Council

Director and staff of the Museum

Educational and liaison programs

Building for the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Congressional Budget Act compliance

Consideration of recommendations of Presidential Commission

Authorization of appropriations

Findings; purpose

Establishment of joint project at Library of Congress and National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of histories of participants in American Civil Rights movement

Private support for civil rights history project

Authorization of appropriations

Findings

Establishment of Museum

Council

Director and staff of the Museum

Educational and liaison programs

Building

Definitions

Authorization of appropriations

National Museum of the American Latino