§ 77d. Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to museum

Statutory text

The heads of executive departments and independent agencies of the Government are authorized to transfer or loan to said national air and space museum without charge therefor, aircraft, spacecraft, aircraft and spacecraft parts, instruments, engines, or other aeronautical and space flight equipment or records for exhibition, historical, or educational purposes.

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.

1946
Pub. L. 79–955 § 5(a) · 60 Stat. 997
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 77d
Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(a), 60 Stat. 998
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(a), 60 Stat. 998
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The heads of executive departments of the Government are authorized to transfer or loan to said national air museum without charge therefor aircraft, aircraft parts, instruments, engines, or other aeronautical equipment or records for exhibition, historical, or educational purposes.
1966
the National Air Museum Amendments Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–509 · 80 Stat. 310
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 77d
Pub. L. 89–509 inserted “and independent agencies” after “departments”, “and space” after “national air”, “spacecraft,” after “aircraft,”, “and spacecraft” after “aircraft” in phrase “aircraft parts”, and “and space flight” after “aeronautical”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–509 inserted “and independent agencies” after “departments”, “and space” after “national air”, “spacecraft,” after “aircraft,”, “and spacecraft” after “aircraft” in phrase “aircraft parts”, and “and space flight” after “aeronautical”.

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

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section consists of subsec. (a) of section 5 of act Aug. 12, 1946. Subsec. (b) of said section is set out as a note below.

Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–509 inserted “and independent agencies” after “departments”, “and space” after “national air”, “spacecraft,” after “aircraft,”, “and spacecraft” after “aircraft” in phrase “aircraft parts”, and “and space flight” after “aeronautical”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Acceptance of Statue of General Mitchell

Act Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(b), 60 Stat. 998, as amended by Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 9, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 311, provided that: “The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, is authorized (1) to accept as a gift to the Smithsonian Institution from George H. Stephenson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a statue of Brigadier General William L. Mitchell of such character as may be deemed appropriate, and (2) without expense to the United States, to cause such statue to be erected at a suitable location on the grounds of the national air and space museum.”

Credits

1946–1966 · 2 acts

1946Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(a), 60 Stat. 998
1966Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 8, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 311.

Show as published

(Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(a), 60 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 8, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 311.)