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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§2304 Administrative Provisions

Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part B — United States Government Organizations Involved With Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 23 — UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM › § 2304

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Museum can hire experts and consultants under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and pay them up to the daily rate that equals the annual basic pay for Executive Schedule Level IV (5 U.S.C. 5315). It can make contracts and payments with government bodies, private groups, and people as needed to do its work. The Secretary of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and the heads of all executive branch departments and agencies can help the Museum. The Secretary of the Interior can provide administrative support, and the Museum must reimburse the Interior for those services.

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Title 36, §2304

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Experts and Consultants.—
The Museum may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
(b)Authority To Contract.—
The Museum may, in accordance with applicable law, enter into contracts and other arrangements with public agencies and with private organizations and persons and may make such payments as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter.
(c)Assistance From Other Federal Departments and Agencies.—
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the heads of all executive branch departments, agencies, and establishments of the United States may assist the Museum in the performance of its functions under this chapter.
(d)Administrative Services and Support.—
The Secretary of the Interior may provide administrative services and support to the Museum on a reimbursable basis.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 2304, Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1278, related to gifts, bequests, and devises of property to the Holocaust Memorial Council, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–292.

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36 U.S.C. § 2304

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110