§ 80g. Powers and duties of 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. 1968

   Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968

   Pub. L. 90–637 § 4 · 82 Stat. 1356

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 80g

   Pub. L. 90–637, § 4, Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1358

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–637, § 4, Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1358

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. powers and duties of the board (a) In administering the Center, the Board shall have all necessary and proper powers, which shall include but not be limited to the power to— (1) appoint scholars, from the United States and abroad, and, where appropriate, provide stipends, grants, and fellowships to such scholars, and to hire or accept the voluntary services of consultants, advisory boards, and panels to aid the Board in carrying out its responsibilities; (2) solicit, accept, and dispose of gifts, bequests, and devices of money, securities, and other property of whatsoever character for the benefit of the Center; any such money, securities, or other property shall, upon receipt, lie deposited with the Smithsonian Institution, and unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift, expenditures shall be in the discretion of the Board for the purposes of the Center; (3) obtain grants from, and make contracts with. State, Federal, local, and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals; (4) acquire such site as a location for the Center as may subsequently be authorized by the Congress; (5) acquire, hold, maintain, use, operate, and dispose of any physical facilities, including equipment, necessary for the operation of the Center; (6) appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the director and such other officers of the Center as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the Center; the director and two other officers of the Center may be appointed and compensated without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code governing appointments in the competitive service and chapter 51 and 5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331 et seq. subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 of the United States Code; and (7) prepare plans and specifications for the Center, including the design and development of all buildings, facilities, open spaces, and other structures on the site in consultation with the President’s Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue, or its successor, and with other appropriate Federal and local agencies, such plans to include an exterior classic frieze memorial to Wood row Wilson. (b) The Board shall, in connection with acquisition of any site authorized by Congress, as provided for in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this section, provide, to businesses and residents displaced from any such site, relocation assistance, including payments and other benefits, equivalent to that authorized to displace businesses and residents under the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. The Board shall develop a relocation program for existing businesses 63 Stat. 413. 42 USC 1441 note. and residents within the site and submit such program to the government of the District of Columbia for a determination as to its adequacy and feasibility. In providing such relocation assistance and developing such relocation program the Board shall utilize to the maximum extent the services and facilities of the appropriate Federal and local agencies.

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–286 § 2 · 92 Stat. 278

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 80g(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 95–286 substituted “devises” for “devices”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95–286 substituted “devises” for “devices”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Section 4(a)(2) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (20 U.S.C. 80g(a)(2)) is amended by striking out “devices” and inserting in lieu thereof “devises”.

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