§ 971. — Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC971]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 26A--INDEMNITY FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ARTS AND ARTIFACTS
Sec. 971. Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage
(a) Authorization of Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities
The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities (hereinafter in this
chapter referred to as the ``Council''), established under section 958
of this title, is authorized to make agreements to indemnify against
loss or damage such items as may be eligible for such indemnity
agreements under section 972 of this title--
(1) in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(2) on such terms and conditions as the Council shall prescribe,
by regulation, in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter and,
consistent with such purposes, to protect the financial interest of
the United States.
(b) Council as ``agency''
(1) For purposes of this chapter, the Council shall be an ``agency''
within the meaning of the appropriate definitions of such term in title
5.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the member
designated by the Chairman of the Senate Commission of Art and
Antiquities and the member designated by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall not serve as members of the Council.
(Pub. L. 94-158, Sec. 2, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 99-194,
title III, Sec. 301, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1345.)
Amendments
1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-194 designated existing provisions as
par. (1) and added par. (2).
Effective Date
Section 9 of Pub. L. 94-158 provided that: ``This Act [see Short
Title note below] shall become effective 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 1975].''
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-158 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter and provisions set out as a note under this section] may be
cited as the `Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act'.''
