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§80q–13 Grants by Secretary of the Interior to Assist Indian Organizations with Respect to Renovation and Repair of Museum Facilities and Exhibit Facilities

Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER XIII — NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN › § 80q–13

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can give grants to Indian groups — like tribes, museums, cultural centers, schools, libraries, and archives — to repair or update museum and exhibit spaces so they can display items borrowed from the Smithsonian or other sources. Grants must come from the Tribal Museum Endowment Fund. The group getting a grant may have to pay up to 50% of the renovation or repair costs in cash or services, but not from that Fund. The Tribal Museum Endowment Fund is a Treasury account made up of non‑Federal donations, investments, and any money Congress puts in. The Interior Secretary can accept donations for it. The Treasury can invest the Fund in U.S. government securities and must work with the Interior Secretary about buying or selling to meet grant needs. Only interest (not the Fund’s main money) can be spent, and Congress authorized $2,000,000 for the Fund each year starting in fiscal year 1992.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §80q–13

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(a)Grants
The Secretary of the Interior may make grants to Indian organizations, including Indian tribes, museums, cultural centers, educational institutions, libraries, and archives, for renovation and repair of museum facilities and exhibit facilities to enable such organizations to exhibit objects and artifacts on loan from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution or from other sources. Such grants may be made only from the Tribal Museum Endowment Fund.
(b)Indian organization contribution
In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary may require the organization receiving the grant to contribute, in cash or in kind, not more than 50 percent of the cost of the renovation or repair involved. Such contribution may be derived from any source other than the Tribal Museum Endowment Fund.
(c)Tribal Museum Endowment Fund
(1)Establishment
There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the “Tribal Museum Endowment Fund” (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “Fund”) for the purpose of making grants under subsection (a). The Fund shall consist of (A) amounts deposited and credited under paragraph (2), (B) obligations obtained under paragraph (3), and (C) amounts appropriated pursuant to authorization under paragraph (5).
(2)Deposits and credits
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept contributions to the Fund from non-Federal sources and shall deposit such contributions in the Fund. The Secretary of the Treasury shall credit to the Fund the interest on, and the proceeds from sale and redemption of, obligations held in the Fund.
(3)Investments
The Secretary of the Treasury may invest any portion of the Fund in interest-bearing obligations of the United States. Such obligations may be acquired on original issue or in the open market and may be held to maturity or sold in the open market. In making investments for the Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult the Secretary of the Interior with respect to maturities, purchases, and sales, taking into consideration the balance necessary to meet current grant requirements.
(4)Expenditures and capital preservation
Subject to appropriation, amounts derived from interest shall be available for expenditure from the Fund. The capital of the Fund shall not be available for expenditure.
(5)Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $2,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1992.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Subsec. (d) of this section, which required the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to submit an annual report to Congress on activities under this section, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 108 of House Document No. 103–7.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Native American Cultural Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Feasibility Study and Report Pub. L. 102–196, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1620, directed Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study and make a report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a Native American Cultural Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and made appropriations for that purpose.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 80q–13

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110