§7781 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can set up a public Cyber Center at Fort George G. Meade called the Cyber Center for Education and Innovation—Home of the National Cryptologic Museum. The Center can collect, care for, store, and display items about the National Security Agency and the history of code‑breaking. It can also have meeting rooms, classrooms, and conference space for education, training, and public outreach. The Secretary can make a deal with the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation to design, build, and run the Center. If the Foundation builds it and meets its obligations, the Secretary can accept it and the United States will own it. Foundation staff are not federal employees. The Secretary can charge fees for use. Fees and other Center income go into a special Treasury fund to run the Center and buy items like books, art, artifacts, plans, models, and old military equipment. The money does not expire each year.

Title 10, §7781

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may establish at a publicly accessible location at Fort George G. Meade the “Cyber Center for Education and Innovation-Home of the National Cryptologic Museum” (in this section referred to as the “Center”). The Center may be used for the identification, curation, storage, and public viewing of materials relating to the activities of the National Security Agency, its predecessor or successor organizations, and the history of cryptology. The Center may contain meeting, conference, and classroom facilities that will be used to support such education, training, public outreach, and other purposes as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(b)The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation (in this section referred to as the “Foundation”), a nonprofit organization, for the design, construction, and operation of the Center.

(c)(1)If the Foundation constructs the Center pursuant to an agreement with the Foundation under subsection (b), upon satisfactory completion of the Center’s construction or any phase thereof, as determined by the Secretary, and upon full satisfaction by the Foundation of any other obligations pursuant to such agreement, the Secretary may accept the Center (or any phase thereof) from the Foundation, and all right, title, and interest in the Center or such phase shall vest in the United States.

(2)Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary may accept services from the Foundation in connection with the design, construction, and operation of the Center. For purposes of this section and any other provision of law, employees or personnel of the Foundation shall not be considered to be employees of the United States.

(d)(1)The Secretary may assess fees and user charges sufficient to cover the cost of the use of Center facilities and property, including rental, user, conference, and concession fees.

(2)Amounts received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the Fund established under subsection (e).

(e)(1)Upon the Secretary’s acceptance of the Center under subsection (c)(1), there is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the Cyber Center for Education and Innovation-Home of the National Cryptologic Museum Fund (in this section referred to as the “Fund”).

(2)The Fund shall consist of the following amounts:

(A)Fees and user charges deposited by the Secretary under subsection (d).

(B)Any other amounts received by the Secretary which are attributable to the operation of the Center.

(3)Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary for the benefit and operation of the Center, including the costs of operation and the acquisition of books, manuscripts, works of art, historical artifacts, drawings, plans, models, and condemned or obsolete combat materiel.

(4)Amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation.

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4781 of this title as this section.

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of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

§7781 Cyber Center for Education and Innovation-home of the National Cryptologic Museum

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Title 10, §7781

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