§ 80b. — Selection of site.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC80b]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER X--NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 80b. Selection of site
(a) Authorization of Board of Regents; submission of recommendations to
Congress
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized
and directed, with the advice and assistance of the Board, to
investigate and survey lands and buildings in and near the District of
Columbia suitable for the display of military collections. The Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall, after consulting with and
seeking the advice of the Commission on Fine Arts, the National Capital
Planning Commission, and the General Services Administration, submit
recommendations to the Congress with respect to the acquisition of lands
and buildings for such purpose.
(b) Public exhibits and study collections; exhibits of military and
naval operations
Buildings acquired pursuant to recommendations made under subsection
(a) of this section shall be used to house public exhibits and study
collections that are not appropriate for the military exhibits of the
Smithsonian Institution on the Mall in the District of Columbia.
Facilities shall be provided for the display of large military objects
and for the reconstruction, in an appropriate way, on lands acquired
pursuant to recommendations made under subsection (a) of this section,
of exhibits showing the nature of fortifications, trenches, and other
military and naval facilities characteristic of the American colonial
period, the War of the Revolution, and subsequent American military and
naval operations.
(Pub. L. 87-186, Sec. 3, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 415.)
