36 USC § 21306 - Historical collections

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title: "36 USC § 21306 - Historical collections"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "21306"
section_name: "Historical collections"
chapter_number: 213
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)"
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# § 21306. Historical collections

The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may allow the corporation to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other historical material in the Smithsonian Institution or the National Museum on conditions and under regulations the Regents prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 21306 | 36:20 (last sentence). | Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (last sentence), 25 Stat. 640. |

The words “historical material” are substituted for “material for history” for clarity. The words “at their discretion” are omitted as unnecessary.