Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§71a Additions; Payment of Construction Costs From Trust Funds
Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART › § 71a
Summary
Trustees may build one or more additions at the reserved site. Costs come from trustees' funds; plans are approved by Commission of Fine Arts and National Capital Planning Commission.
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Title 20, §71a
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The Trustees of the National Gallery of Art are authorized to construct within the area reserved as a site for future additions by the third sentence of section 71 of this title one or more buildings to serve as additions to the National Gallery of Art. The cost of constructing any such building shall be paid from trust funds administered by such Trustees. The plans and specifications for any such building shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Jurisdiction Pub. L. 90–376, § 4,
July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286, provided that: “The Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia is authorized to transfer to the United States such jurisdiction as the District of Columbia may have over any of the property within the area referred to in the first section of this Act [this section].” Public Utility: Payment of Cost of Relocation or Protection From Trust Funds Pub. L. 90–376, § 5,
July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 286, provided that: “If any public utility (whether privately or publicly owned) located within the area referred to in the first section of this Act [this section] is required to be relocated or protected by reason of the
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within such area of any addition to the National Gallery of Art, the cost of such relocation or protection shall be paid from trust funds administered by the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art.”
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 71a
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102