§ 77d. — Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to 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: 20USC77d]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER VII--NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
Sec. 77d. Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight
equipment to museum
The heads of executive departments and independent agencies of the
Government are authorized to transfer or loan to said national air and
space museum without charge therefor, aircraft, spacecraft, aircraft and
spacecraft parts, instruments, engines, or other aeronautical and space
flight equipment or records for exhibition, historical, or educational
purposes.
(Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, Sec. 5(a), 60 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 89-509, pt. I,
Sec. 8, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 311.)
Codification
Section consists of subsec. (a) of section 5 of act Aug. 12, 1946.
Subsec. (b) of said section is set out as a note below.
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-509 inserted ``and independent agencies'' after
``departments'', ``and space'' after ``national air'', ``spacecraft,''
after ``aircraft,'', ``and spacecraft'' after ``aircraft'' in phrase
``aircraft parts'', and ``and space flight'' after ``aeronautical''.
Acceptance of Statue of General Mitchell
Section 5(b) of act Aug. 12, 1946, as amended by section 9 of Pub.
L. 89-509, provided that: ``The Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, is
authorized (1) to accept as a gift to the Smithsonian Institution from
George H. Stephenson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a statue of
Brigadier General William L. Mitchell of such character as may be deemed
appropriate, and (2) without expense to the United States, to cause such
statue to be erected at a suitable location on the grounds of the
national air and space museum.''
