§ 72. — Board of Trustees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC72]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Sec. 72. Board of Trustees
(a) Establishment
There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau, which
shall be directed by a board to be known as the Trustees of the National
Gallery of Art, whose duty it shall be to maintain and administer the
National Gallery of Art and site thereof and to execute such other
functions as are vested in the board by this subchapter. The board shall
be composed as follows: The Chief Justice of the United States, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, ex officio; and five general trustees who
shall be citizens of the United States, to be chosen as hereinafter
provided. No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be
eligible to be chosen as a general trustee.
(b) Method of selection; term of office
The general trustees first taking office shall be chosen by the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to the approval
of the donor, and shall have terms expiring one each on July 1 of 1939,
1941, 1943, 1945, and 1947, as designated by the Board of Regents. A
successor shall be chosen by a majority vote of the general trustees and
shall have a term expiring ten years from the date of the expiration of
the term for which his predecessor was chosen, except that a successor
chosen to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of such term
shall be chosen only for the remainder of such term.
(Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 52.)
Delegation of Functions by Secretary of State to Director of United
States Information Agency
Pub. L. 95-426, title II, Sec. 205, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 975, as
amended by Pub. L. 97-241, title III, Sec. 303(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96
Stat. 291, provided that: ``The Secretary of State may delegate to the
Director of the United States Information Agency, with the consent of
the Director, the functions vested in the Secretary by section 2(a) of
the joint resolution entitled `Joint Resolution providing for the
construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art', approved
March 24, 1937 (20 U.S.C. 72(a)).''
[For abolition of United States Information Agency (other than
Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau),
transfer of functions, and treatment of references thereto, see sections
6531, 6532, and 6551 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.]
