20 USC § 56 - Disposal of unappropriated money

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s56"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 56 - Disposal of unappropriated money"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "56"
section_name: "Disposal of unappropriated money"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHARTER PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 5592.)"
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# § 56. Disposal of unappropriated money

The Regents are authorized to make such disposal of any other moneys which have accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest upon the Smithsonian fund, not herein appropriated, or not required for the purposes herein provided, as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 5592.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5592 derived from , .