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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§971 Agreements to Indemnify Against Loss or Damage

Title 20 › CHAPTER 26A — INDEMNITY FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ARTS AND ARTIFACTS › § 971

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities the power to make agreements that promise to cover loss or damage for items that are eligible under section 972. The Council must follow the rules in this chapter and set the specific terms by regulation to carry out the chapter’s goals and protect the financial interest of the United States. For this chapter, the Council is treated as an “agency” under the definitions in title 5. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the member named by the Chairman of the Senate Commission of Art and Antiquities, and the member named by the Speaker of the House may not serve as Council members.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §971

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(a)Authorization of Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities
The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Council”), established under section 958 of this title, is authorized to make agreements to indemnify against loss or damage such items as may be eligible for such indemnity agreements under section 972 of this title—
(1)in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(2)on such terms and conditions as the Council shall prescribe, by regulation, in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter and, consistent with such purposes, to protect the financial interest of the United States.
(b)Council as “agency”
(1)For purposes of this chapter, the Council shall be an “agency” within the meaning of the appropriate definitions of such term in title 5.
(2)For purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the member designated by the Chairman of the Senate Commission of Art and Antiquities and the member designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall not serve as members of the Council.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–194 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 94–158, § 9, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 846, provided that: “This Act [see

Short Title

note below] shall become effective 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 1975].”

Short Title

Pub. L. 94–158, § 1, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 971

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110