§ 5409. — Designation of America's National Maritime Museum.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC5409]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 74--NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE
Sec. 5409. Designation of America's National Maritime Museum
(a) In general
America's National Maritime Museum is comprised of those museums
designated by law to be museums of America's National Maritime Museum on
the basis that they--
(1) house a collection of maritime artifacts clearly
representing the Nation's maritime heritage; and
(2) provide outreach programs to educate the public about the
Nation's maritime heritage.
(b) Initial designation of museums
The following museums (meeting the criteria specified in subsection
(a) of this section) are hereby designated as museums of America's
National Maritime Museum:
(1) The Mariners' Museum, located at 100 Museum Drive, Newport
News, Virginia.
(2) The South Street Seaport Museum, located at 207 Front
Street, New York, New York.
(c) Future designation of other museums not precluded
The designation of the museums referred to in subsection (b) of this
section as museums of America's National Maritime Museum does not
preclude the designation by law after October 17, 1998, of any other
museum that meets the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this
section as a museum of America's National Maritime Museum.
(d) Reference to museums
Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to a museum designated by law to be a museum
of America's National Maritime Museum shall be deemed to be a reference
to that museum as a museum of America's National Maritime Museum.
(Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title X, Sec. 1068, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat.
2135.)
Codification
Section enacted as part of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, and not as part of the National
Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 which comprises this chapter.
