United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 20. EDUCATION |
Chapter 3. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES |
SubChapter I. CHARTER PROVISIONS |
§ 59. Collections of National Ocean Survey, United States Geological Survey, and others deposited in National Museum
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All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the National Ocean Survey, the United States Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum.
Codification
Words “Coast and Interior Survey” appearing in act
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff.
Change Of Name
“United States Geological Survey” substituted in text for “Geological Survey” pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Miscellaneous
Establishment of the National Museum, see note set out under section 50 of this title.
Pub. L. 96–441, § 2,
For provision deeming references to the Museum of History and Technology in laws and regulations to be references to the National Museum of American History, see section of 3 of Pub. L. 96–441, set out as a note under section 71 of this title.
Act June 28, 1955, ch. 201, 69 Stat. 189, authorized construction of a building for a Museum of History and Technology, which was redesignated the National Museum of American History, for the use of the Smithsonian Institution, at a cost not to exceed $36,000,000.