§ 9172. Definitions

Statutory text

As used in this subchapter:

Museum

The term “museum” means a public, tribal, or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes, that utilizes a professional staff, owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for the tangible objects, and exhibits the tangible objects to the public on a regular basis. Such term includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.

State

The term “State” means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

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.

1996
Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–462 title II § 273 · 90 Stat. 1971
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9172
Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 273, formerly § 272, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–303
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 273, formerly § 272, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–303
2003
Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
Pub. L. 108–81 § 302 · 117 Stat. 991
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 9172(1)
Pub. L. 108–81, § 302, inserted at end: “Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–81, § 302, inserted at end: “Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.”
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. Section 272(1) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9172(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.”.
2010
Museum and Library Services Act of 2010
Pub. L. 111–340 title III § 302 · 124 Stat. 3594
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 9172(1)
Pub. L. 111–340 inserted “includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and” after “Such term”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–340 inserted “includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and” after “Such term”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. Section 273(1) (20 U.S.C. 9172(1)) is amended by inserting “includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and” after “Such term”.
2018
Museum and Library Services Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–410 § 17(2) · 132 Stat. 5412
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 9172(1)
Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(2), inserted “, cultural heritage,” after “educational”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(2), inserted “, cultural heritage,” after “educational”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by inserting “, cultural heritage,” after “educational”.
2018
Museum and Library Services Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–410 § 17(1) · 132 Stat. 5412
Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 9172(1)
Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(1), which directed insertion of “, tribal,” after “public”, was executed by making the insertion after “public” the first time appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(1), which directed insertion of “, tribal,” after “public”, was executed by making the insertion after “public” the first time appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by inserting “, tribal,” after “public”; and

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 273 of Pub. L. 94–462 was renumbered section 274 and is classified to section 9173 of this title.

Amendments2003–2018 · 3 rounds

2018

Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(2), inserted “, cultural heritage,” after “educational”.

Pub. L. 115–410, § 17(1), which directed insertion of “, tribal,” after “public”, was executed by making the insertion after “public” the first time appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2010

Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–340 inserted “includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and” after “Such term”.

2003

Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–81, § 302, inserted at end: “Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.”

Credits

1996–2018 · 4 acts

1996Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 273, formerly § 272, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–303
2003renumbered § 273 and amended Pub. L. 108–81, title III, §§ 302, 306(1), Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 1000, 1002
2010Pub. L. 111–340, title III, § 302, Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3603
2018Pub. L. 115–410, § 17, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5420.

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(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 273, formerly § 272, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–303; renumbered § 273 and amended Pub. L. 108–81, title III, §§ 302, 306(1), Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 1000, 1002; Pub. L. 111–340, title III, § 302, Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3603; Pub. L. 115–410, § 17, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5420.)