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§ 75a. —  Definitions.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC75a]

 
                           TITLE 20--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
 
Sec. 75a. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
    (a) The term ``Board'' means the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution.
    (b) The term ``Commission'' means the National Portrait Gallery 
Commission as provided for in this subchapter.
    (c) The term ``Gallery'' means the National Portrait Gallery 
established by this subchapter.
    (d) The term ``gift'' includes a gift, bequest, or devise, whether 
outright or in trust, and any legal instrument by which the gift is 
effected.
    (e) The term ``portraiture'' includes portraits and reproductions 
thereof made by any means or process, whether invented or developed 
heretofore or hereafter.

(Pub. L. 87-443, Sec. 2, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 94-209, 
Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 30.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-209 substituted ``includes portraits 
and reproductions thereof made by any means or process, whether invented 
or developed heretofore or hereafter'' for ``for purposes of this 
subchapter shall mean painted or sculptured likenesses''.


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 87-443, Sec. 1, provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
subchapter] may be cited as the `National Portrait Gallery Act'.''



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