§ 195. Gifts, bequests, or devises for benefit of National Arboretum; separate fund in the Treasury

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to solicit, accept, receive, hold, utilize, and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property made for the benefit of the National Arboretum or for the carrying out of any of its functions. For the purposes of the Federal income, estate, and gift tax laws, property accepted under the authority of this section shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise to the United States. Any gift of money accepted pursuant to the authority granted in this section, or the net proceeds from the liquidation of any property so accepted, or the proceeds of any insurance on any gift property not used for its restoration shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States for credit to a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1927
Pub. L. 94–129 · 89 Stat. 683
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 195
Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, § 5, as added Pub. L. 94–129, Nov. 13, 1975, 89 Stat. 683
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, § 5, as added Pub. L. 94–129, Nov. 13, 1975, 89 Stat. 683
1996
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–127 title VIII § 890(a) · 110 Stat. 888
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 195
Pub. L. 104–127 inserted “solicit,” after “authorized to” in first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–127 inserted “solicit,” after “authorized to” in first sentence.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Solicitation of Gifts, Benefits, and Devises.— The first sentence of section 5 of the Act of March 4, 1927 (20 U.S.C. 195), is amended by inserting “solicit,” after “authorized to”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 inserted “solicit,” after “authorized to” in first sentence.

Credits

1927–1996 · 2 acts

1927Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, § 5, as added Pub. L. 94–129, Nov. 13, 1975, 89 Stat. 683
1996amended Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 890(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1181.

Show as published

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, § 5, as added Pub. L. 94–129, Nov. 13, 1975, 89 Stat. 683; amended Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 890(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1181.)