Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§77c Museum Board
Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER VII — NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM › § 77c
Summary
The board can create an official seal that courts must accept and make the bylaws, rules, and regulations it needs to run its work. It can keep operating even if some seats are empty, and six members are enough to do business. The Smithsonian must include in its yearly report to Congress a summary of how the National Air and Space Museum is run, showing all public and private money received and spent.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §77c
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(a)Seal; regulations; vacancies
The board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary for the administration of its functions. The board may function notwithstanding vacancies and six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(b)Annual report
The Smithsonian Institution shall include in its annual report of its operations to Congress a statement of the operations of said national air and space museum, including all public and private moneys received and disbursed.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–509, § 6, raised from three to six the number of board members required to constitute a quorum. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–509, § 7, substituted “national air and space museum” for “national air museum”.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 77c
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110