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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 72 — Museum and Library Services

§ 9107. Awards and medals

Statutory text

The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may annually award national awards and medals for library and museum services to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.

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. Museum Services Act

    Pub. L. 94–462 title II § 209 · 90 Stat. 1971

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9107

    Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 108–81, title I, § 105, Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 996

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 108–81, title I, § 105, Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 996

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 209. authorization of appropriations (a) For the purpose of making grants under section 206 (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1979 and 1980. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this title. (c) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until expended. (d) For the purpose of enabling the Institute to carry out its functions under this title, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending October 1, 1980, there is authorized to be appropriated an amount equal to the amount contributed during such period to the Institute, under section 207.

  2. Museum and Library Services Act of 2010

    Pub. L. 111–340 title I § 105 · 124 Stat. 3594

    Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 9107

    Pub. L. 111–340 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may annually award National Awards for Library Service and National Awards for Museum Service to outstanding libraries and outstanding museums, respectively, that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–340 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may annually award National Awards for Library Service and National Awards for Museum Service to outstanding libraries and outstanding museums, respectively, that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 105. AWARDS AND MEDALS.   Section 209 (20 U.S.C. 9107) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 209. AWARDS AND MEDALS.   “The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may annually award national awards and medals for library and museum services to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.” .

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–340 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may annually award National Awards for Library Service and National Awards for Museum Service to outstanding libraries and outstanding museums, respectively, that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.”

Credits

2003–2010 · 2 acts
  1. 2003Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 108–81, title I, § 105, , 117 Stat. 996
  2. 2010amended Pub. L. 111–340, title I, § 105, , 124 Stat. 3598.
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(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 108–81, title I, § 105, , 117 Stat. 996; amended Pub. L. 111–340, title I, § 105, , 124 Stat. 3598.)

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