§ 75b. — Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC75b]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Sec. 75b. Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions
(a) There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau
which shall be known as the National Portrait Gallery. The functions of
such bureau shall be those authorized by this subchapter. The use for
the purposes of the Gallery of any part of the building transferred to
the Smithsonian Institution pursuant to the Act of March 28, 1958 (72
Stat. 68), is authorized.
(b) The Gallery shall function as a free public museum for the
exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting men and women
who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and
culture of the people of the United States and of the artists who
created such portraiture and statuary.
(Pub. L. 87-443, Sec. 3, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 62.)
References in Text
Act of March 28, 1958, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 28,
1958, Pub. L. 85-357, 72 Stat. 68, which was not classified to the Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 75e of this title.
