§ 9171. — Purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC9171]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER III--MUSEUM SERVICES
Sec. 9171. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter--
(1) to encourage and assist museums in their educational role,
in conjunction with formal systems of elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary education and with programs of nonformal education for
all age groups;
(2) to assist museums in modernizing their methods and
facilities so that the museums are better able to conserve the
cultural, historic, and scientific heritage of the United States;
and
(3) to ease the financial burden borne by museums as a result of
their increasing use by the public.
(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 271, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A,
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat.
3009-233, 3009-302.)
