§ 42. Board of Regents; members

Statutory text

The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may modify the number of members, manner of appointment of members, or tenure of members, of the boards or commissions under the jurisdiction of the Smithsonian Institution, other than—

the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and

the boards or commissions of the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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.

undated
R.S. § 5580
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 42
R.S. § 5580
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
R.S. § 5580
1970
Pub. L. 91–551 § 1(a) · 84 Stat. 1439
Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 42
Pub. L. 91–551 authorized three additional persons on the Board of Regents
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–551 authorized three additional persons on the Board of Regents.
1998
Pub. L. 105–277 div. A § 101(e)(tIII)(s355) · 112 Stat. 2681
1. Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 42
  Pub. L. 105–277 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
2. Added · 20 U.S.C. § 42
  Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (b)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 105–277 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.

2 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 5580 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 3, 9 Stat. 103; Jan. 10, 1865, ch. 11, 13 Stat. 420; Mar. 20, 1871, ch. 1, 17 Stat. 1.

Amendments1894–1998 · 3 rounds

1998

Pub. L. 105–277 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1970

Pub. L. 91–551 authorized three additional persons on the Board of Regents.

1894

Act Mar. 12, 1894, struck out “the governor of the District of Columbia” after “the Chief Justice of the United States,”.

Credits

1894–1998 · 4 acts

R.S. § 5580
1894Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41
1970Pub. L. 91–551, § 1(a), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1439
1998Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 355], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–303.

Show as published

(R.S. § 5580; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 91–551, § 1(a), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 355], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–303.)