§ 77c. Museum board

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.

1. 1946

   Pub. L. 79–955 § 4 · 60 Stat. 997

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 77c

   Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 4, 60 Stat. 998

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 4, 60 Stat. 998

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. (a) The board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary for the administration of its functions. Quorum. The board may function notwithstanding vacancies and three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business. (b) Report to Congress. The Smithsonian Institution shall include in its annual report of its operations to Congress a statement of the operations of said national air museum, including all public and private moneys received and disbursed.

2. 1966

   the National Air Museum Amendments Act of 1965

   Pub. L. 89–509 § 6 · 80 Stat. 310

   Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 77c(a)

   Pub. L. 89–509, § 6, raised from three to six the number of board members required to constitute a quorum

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–509, § 6, raised from three to six the number of board members required to constitute a quorum.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. The second sentence of section 4(a) of Public Law 722 of the Seventy-ninth Congress is amended by deleting “three” and insert-ing in lieu thereof “six” so as to read as follows: “The board may function notwithstanding vacancies and six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.”

3. 1966

   the National Air Museum Amendments Act of 1965

   Pub. L. 89–509 § 7 · 80 Stat. 310

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 77c(b)

   Pub. L. 89–509, § 7, substituted “national air and space museum” for “national air museum”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–509, § 7, substituted “national air and space museum” for “national air museum”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. Section 4(b) of Public Law 722 of the Seventy-ninth Congress is amended by inserting “and space” immediately after “national air” and before “museum” so as to read as follows: “(b) The Smithsonian Institution shall include in its annual report Report to Congress. of its operations to Congress a statement of the operations of said national air and space museum, including all public and private moneys received and disbursed.”

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