Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60
§195 Gifts, Bequests, or Devises for Benefit of National Arboretum; Separate Fund in the Treasury
Title 20 › Chapter 11— NATIONAL ARBORETUM › § 195
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can accept gifts or property, including land and personal items, given to benefit the National Arboretum or to help it do its work. For federal income, estate, and gift tax rules, property accepted this way counts as a gift to the United States. Cash gifts, the net money from selling accepted property, and insurance payments not used to repair gift property must be put into a separate Treasury fund and can only be spent when the Secretary of Agriculture orders it.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §195
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to solicit, accept, receive, hold, utilize, and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property made for the benefit of the National Arboretum or for the carrying out of any of its functions. For the purposes of the Federal income, estate, and gift tax laws, property accepted under the authority of this section shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise to the United States. Any gift of money accepted pursuant to the authority granted in this section, or the net proceeds from the liquidation of any property so accepted, or the proceeds of any insurance on any gift property not used for its restoration shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States for credit to a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Secretary of Agriculture.
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1996—Pub. L. 104–127 inserted “solicit,” after “authorized to” in first sentence.
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20 U.S.C. § 195
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60