§ 65a. — Director of the National 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: 20USC65a]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER I--CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec. 65a. Director of the National Museum
(a) Duties; programs and studies; annual report to Congress
The Director of the National Museum under the direction of the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall--
(1) cooperate with museums and their professional organizations
in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities, both in
the United States and abroad;
(2) prepare and carry out programs by grant, contract, or
directly for training career employees in museum practices in
cooperation with museums, their professional organizations, and
institutions of higher education either at the Smithsonian
Institution or at the cooperating museum, organization, or
institutions;
(3) prepare and distribute significant museum publications;
(4) perform research on, and otherwise contribute to, the
development of museum techniques, with emphasis on museum
conservation and the development of a national institute for museum
conservation;
(5) cooperate with departments and agencies of the Government of
the United States operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned with
museums; and
(6) report annually to the Congress on progress in these
activities.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Smithsonian
Institution for the fiscal year 1981, the sum of $803,000, and for the
fiscal year 1982, the sum of $1,000,000.
(Pub. L. 89-674, Sec. 2, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 91-629,
Secs. 1, 2 Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1875; Pub. L. 93-345, Secs. 1, 2,
July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 339; Pub. L. 94-336, July 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 795;
Pub. L. 96-268, June 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 485.)
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-268 substituted provisions authorizing
appropriations of $803,000 for fiscal year 1981 and $1,000,000 for
fiscal year 1982 for provisions which had authorized appropriations of
$1,000,000 each year for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980.
1976--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-336 substituted provisions authorizing
the appropriation of $1,000,000 each year for fiscal years 1978, 1979,
and 1980, for provisions under which there had been authorized to be
appropriated whatever sums as might be necessary to carry out the
purposes of the section, with a proviso that no more than $1,000,000
could be appropriated annually through fiscal year 1977, of which no
less than $200,000, was to be allocated and used to carry out subsec.
(a)(4) of this section.
1974--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 93-345, Sec. 1, inserted ``, with
emphasis on museum conservation and the development of a national
institute for museum conservation'' after ``museum techniques''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-345, Sec. 2, substituted provisions limiting
to $1,000,000 the amount which may be appropriated annually through
fiscal year 1977, with no less than $200,000 annually to be allocated
and used to carry out the purposes of subsection (a)(4) of this section
for provisions limiting to $1,000,000 the amount which could be
appropriated annually through fiscal year 1974, of which $300,000
annually had to be allocated and used according to the formula of 33\1/
3\ per centum for purposes of subsec. (a)(2), 33\1/3\ per centum for
assistance to museums under section 954(c) of this title, and 33\1/3\
per centum for assistance to museums under section 956(c) of this title.
1970--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 91-629, Sec. 2, inserted provisions
that programs be prepared and carried out by grant, contract, or
directly and which authorized the training of career employees in museum
practices in cooperation with institutions of higher education, and
substituted provisions which authorized training programs to be
conducted either at the Smithsonian Institution, or at the cooperating
museum, organization, or institutions, for provisions which authorized
such programs to be conducted at the best locations.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-629, Sec. 1, substituted provisions which
authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the
purposes of this section, with no more than $1,000,000 to be
appropriated annually through fiscal year 1974, of which $300,000,
annually, to be allocated in the enumerated manner, for provisions which
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, not to exceed
$200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $250,000 for the
fiscal years ending June 30, 1969, and June 30, 1970, and $300,000 for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and in each subsequent fiscal
year, only such sums as the Congress hereafter authorizes by law.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in
subsec. (a)(6) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance, and page 192 of House Document No. 103-7.
