Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§153904 Deposit of Historical Material
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1539 — THE NATIONAL YEOMEN (F) › § 153904
Summary
Lets Smithsonian Regents accept the corporation's historical materials into Smithsonian or National Museum under rules.
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Title 36, §153904
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may permit the corporation to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, on conditions and under rules they prescribe.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15390436:139b.June 15, 1936, ch. 546, § 3, 49 Stat. 1506; June 29, 1960, Pub. L. 86–533, (23), 74 Stat. 249. The word “may” is substituted for “are authorized to” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “at their discretion” and “such” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “they prescribe” are substituted for “as they shall prescribe” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 153904
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102