Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 84 — Department of Energy
§ 7142a. Designation of American Museum of Science and Energy
Statutory text
In general
The Museum—
is designated as the “American Museum of Science and Energy”; and
shall be the official museum of science and energy of the United States.
References
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Museum is deemed to be a reference to the “American Museum of Science and Energy”.
Property of the United States
In general
The name “American Museum of Science and Energy” is declared the property of the United States.
Use
The Museum shall have the sole right throughout the United States and its possessions to have and use the name “American Museum of Science and Energy”.
Effect on other rights
This subsection shall not be construed to conflict or interfere with established or vested rights.
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.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(4)(dB)(tIV)(s401) · 114 Stat. 2763
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7142a
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 401], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–266.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 401], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–266.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) H.R. 5666, as introduced on December 15, 2000, except that the text of H.R. 5666, as so enacted, shall not include section 123 (relating to the enactment of H.R. 4904).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IV, § 401], , 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–266.)