36 U.S.C. § 153502: Purposes

Summary

Create and run one or more tropical botanical gardens and related places like libraries, plant collections, labs, and museums for the benefit of the American people. Support basic and practical research on tropical plants and their uses in farming, forestry, gardening, medicine, and other sciences. Share what is learned through publications and media, collect and grow tropical species (including those at risk of extinction), and provide a place for education and recreation.

Title 36, §153502

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1)to establish, develop, operate, and maintain for the benefit of the people of the United States an educational and scientific center in the form of one or more tropical botanical gardens, together with facilities such as libraries, herbaria, laboratories, and museums that are appropriate and necessary for encouraging and conducting research in basic and applied tropical botany;

(2)to foster and encourage fundamental research about tropical plant life and to encourage research and study of the uses of tropical flora in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, medicine, and other sciences;

(3)to disseminate through publications and other media the knowledge about basic and applied tropical botany acquired at the gardens;

(4)to collect and cultivate tropical flora of every nature and origin and to preserve for the people of the United States species of tropical plant life threatened with extinction; and

(5)to provide a beneficial facility that will contribute to the education, instruction, and recreation of the people of the United States.

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15350236:4603.Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 3, 78 Stat. 496. Before clause (1), the words “objects” is omitted as unnecessary.

§153502 Purposes

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