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20 USC § 60 - Army articles furnished to National Museum 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s60"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 60 - Army articles furnished to National Museum"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "60"
section_name: "Army articles furnished to National Museum"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 1, 41 Stat. 1438; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(4), 65 Stat. 708.)"
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# § 60. Army articles furnished to National Museum

The Secretary of the Army is authorized to furnish to the National Museum, for exhibition, upon request therefor by the administrative head thereof, such articles of arms, materiel, equipment, or clothing as have been issued from time to time to the United States Army, or which have been or may hereafter be produced for the United States Army, and which are objects of general interest or of foreign or curious research, provided that such articles can be spared.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 1, 41 Stat. 1438; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(4), 65 Stat. 708.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1951—Act , struck out “are surplus or” after “articles”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

## Executive Documents

### Secretary of Air Force

For transfer of certain personal property and personal property functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, from Secretary of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 39 [§ 2vv], eff. .