§ 80a. — Display of contributions of Armed Forces.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC80a]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER X--NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 80a. Display of contributions of Armed Forces
(a) Study center; historical collections
The Smithsonian Institution shall commemorate and display the
contributions made by the military forces of the Nation toward creating,
developing, and maintaining a free, peaceful, and independent society
and culture in the United States of America. The valor and sacrificial
service of the men and women of the Armed Forces shall be portrayed as
an inspiration to the present and future generations of America. The
demands placed upon the full energies of our people, the hardships
endured, and the sacrifice demanded in our constant search for world
peace shall be clearly demonstrated. The extensive peacetime
contributions the Armed Forces have made to the advance of human
knowledge in science, nuclear energy, polar and space exploration,
electronics, engineering, aeronautics, and medicine shall be graphically
described. The Smithsonian Institution shall interpret through dramatic
display significant current problems affecting the Nation's security. It
shall be equipped with a study center for scholarly research into the
meaning of war, its effect on civilization, and the role of the Armed
Forces in maintaining a just and lasting peace by providing a powerful
deterrent to war. In fulfilling its purposes, the Smithsonian
Institution shall collect, preserve, and exhibit military objects of
historical interest and significance.
(b) National Air and Space Museum provisions unaffected
The provisions of this subchapter in no way rescind subchapter VII
of this chapter, which established the National Air and Space Museum of
the Smithsonian Institution, or any other authority of the Smithsonian
Institution.
(Pub. L. 87-186, Sec. 2, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 89-509,
pt. I, Sec. 2, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 310.)
Change of Name
``National Air and Space Museum'' substituted for ``National Air
Museum'' in subsec. (b) pursuant to section 2 of Pub. L. 89-509, which
is classified to section 77 of this title.
