Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§75d Acceptance of Gifts; Title to Property
Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY › § 75d
Summary
The Smithsonian’s Board can accept gifts of any property for the National Portrait Gallery. Except for property owned by the United States, property held for the Gallery belongs to the Smithsonian. Unless the law or a gift’s own rules say otherwise, the Board can sell, trade, get rid of, invest in, or buy property for the Gallery.
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Title 20, §75d
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(a)The Board is authorized to accept for the Smithsonian Institution gifts of any property for the benefit of the Gallery.
(b)Legal title to all property (except property of the United States) held for the use or benefit of the Gallery shall be vested in the Smithsonian Institution. Subject to any limitations otherwise expressly provided by law, and, in the case of any gift, subject to any applicable restrictions under the terms of such gift, the Board is authorized to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property of whatsoever nature held by it, and to invest in, reinvest in, or purchase any property of whatsoever nature for the benefit of the National Portrait Gallery.
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20 U.S.C. § 75d
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102