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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries

§ 80o. Director, officers, and employees; appointment, compensation, and duties

Statutory text

The Board may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the Director and such other officers and employees of the Museum as may be necessary for the efficient administration, operation, and maintenance of the Museum; the Director and two other employees of the Museum may be appointed and compensated without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; and all of the employees of the Museum who are serving on the date of the transfer authorized under section 80k of this title shall be offered employment by the Smithsonian under its usual terms of employment and may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

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. Pub. L. 95–414 § 5 · 92 Stat. 911

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 80o

    (Pub. L. 95–414, § 5, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 912.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–414, § 5, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 912.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. The 20 USC 80o. Board may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the Director and such other officers and employees of the Museum as may be necessary for the efficient administration, operation, and maintenance of the Museum; the Director and two other employees of the Museum may be appointed and compensated without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service 5 USC 5101 et seq. 5 USC 5331. and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; and all of the employees of the Museum who are serving on the date of the transfer authorized under section 1 shall be offered employment by the Smithsonian under its usual terms of employment and may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and chapter 61 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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(Pub. L. 95–414, § 5, , 92 Stat. 912.)

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