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§77d Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to museum

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM › § 77d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Leaders of federal departments and independent agencies may transfer or loan, free of charge, aircraft, spacecraft, related parts, instruments, engines, other flight equipment, or records to the National Air and Space Museum for exhibition, historical, or educational purposes.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §77d

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The heads of executive departments and independent agencies of the Government are authorized to transfer or loan to said national air and space museum without charge therefor, aircraft, spacecraft, aircraft and spacecraft parts, instruments, engines, or other aeronautical and space flight equipment or records for exhibition, historical, or educational purposes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section consists of subsec. (a) of section 5 of act Aug. 12, 1946. Subsec. (b) of said section is set out as a note below.

Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–509 inserted “and independent agencies” after “departments”, “and space” after “national air”, “spacecraft,” after “aircraft,”, “and spacecraft” after “aircraft” in phrase “aircraft parts”, and “and space flight” after “aeronautical”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Acceptance of Statue of General MitchellAct Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 5(b), 60 Stat. 998, as amended by Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 9, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 311, provided that: “The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, is authorized (1) to accept as a gift to the Smithsonian Institution from George H. Stephenson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a statue of Brigadier General William L. Mitchell of such character as may be deemed appropriate, and (2) without expense to the United States, to cause such statue to be erected at a suitable location on the grounds of the national air and space museum.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 77d

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73