§971 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities can enter agreements to cover loss or damage for items that qualify under section 972. It must follow the chapter’s rules and use regulations the Council creates. Those rules must support the chapter’s goals and protect the financial interests of the United States. For this chapter, the Council counts as an “agency” under title 5. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the member chosen by the Chairman of the Senate Commission of Art and Antiquities, and the member chosen by the Speaker of the House may not be Council members.

Title 20, §971

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(a)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)(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.

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Amendments

1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–194 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

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Pub. L. 94–158, § 9, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 846, provided that: “This Act [see

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note below] shall become effective 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 1975].”

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Pub. L. 94–158, § 1, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844, 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’.”

§971 Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage

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