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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§2304 Administrative provisions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part Part B— - United States Government Organizations Involved With Observances and Ceremonies › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM › § 2304

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Museum hire experts and consultants under federal hiring rules (section 3109 of Title 5) and pay them no more than the daily equivalent of the annual basic pay for Executive Schedule Level IV (see section 5315 of Title 5). The Museum can make contracts and payments with government or private groups as allowed by law. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the heads of federal departments and agencies can help the Museum carry out its work. The Secretary of the Interior can give administrative support to the Museum and be reimbursed for it.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §2304

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Museum may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
(b)The Museum may, in accordance with applicable law, enter into contracts and other arrangements with public agencies and with private organizations and persons and may make such payments as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter.
(c)The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the heads of all executive branch departments, agencies, and establishments of the United States may assist the Museum in the performance of its functions under this chapter.
(d)The Secretary of the Interior may provide administrative services and support to the Museum on a reimbursable basis.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 2304, Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1278, related to gifts, bequests, and devises of property to the Holocaust Memorial Council, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–292.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 2304

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73