Title 20 — Education
Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries
§ 75e. Powers of Board
Statutory text
For the purpose of carrying out any function authorized by section 75b of this title, the Board may—
purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire portraiture, statuary, and other items for preservation, exhibition, or study. The Board may acquire any such item on the basis of its general historical interest, its artistic merit, or the historical significance of the individual to which it relates, or any combination of any such factors. The Board may acquire period furniture and other items to enhance its displays of portraiture and statuary.
preserve or restore any item acquired pursuant to paragraph (1).
display, loan, store, or otherwise hold any such item.
sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.
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.
National Portrait Gallery Act
Pub. L. 87–443 § 6 · 76 Stat. 62
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 75e
(Pub. L. 87–443, § 6, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–443, § 6, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. For the purpose of carrying out any function authorized by section 3 of this Act, the Board may— (1) purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire portraiture, statuary, and other items for preservation, exhibition, or study. The Board may acquire any such item on the basis of its general historical interest, its artistic merit, or the historical significance of the individual to which it relates, or any combination of any such factors. The Board may acquire period furniture and other items to enhance its displays of portraiture and statuary. (2) preserve or restore any item acquired pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) display, loan, store, or otherwise hold any such item. (4) sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision