§ 9172. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC9172]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER III--MUSEUM SERVICES
Sec. 9172. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) Museum
The term ``museum'' means a public or private nonprofit agency
or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially
educational or aesthetic purposes, that utilizes a professional
staff, owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for the tangible
objects, and exhibits the tangible objects to the public on a
regular basis.
(2) State
The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the
Republic of Palau.
(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 272, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A,
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat.
3009-233, 3009-303.)
