20 U.S.C. § 42 — Board of Regents; members

submitted 132 years ago by Pub. L. 91-551 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 173 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates the Smithsonian's Board of Regents. It names who serves: the Vice President, the Chief Justice, six members of Congress, and nine other people. The Board can change other Smithsonian boards' rules, but not its own or three named boards.

(a) The Smithsonian Institution's business is run in Washington, D.C., by a Board of Regents. The Board is made up of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three Senators, three members of the House of Representatives, and nine other people. Those nine can't be members of Congress. Two of them must live in Washington, D.C. The other seven must each live in a different state — no two from the same state. (b) Even if another law says otherwise, the Board of Regents can change the size, the way members are chosen, or how long members serve on other boards and commissions run by the Smithsonian. This power doesn't cover two things: (1) the Board of Regents itself, and (2) the boards of the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)

The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may modify the number of members, manner of appointment of members, or tenure of members, of the boards or commissions under the jurisdiction of the Smithsonian Institution, other than—

(1)

the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and

(2)

the boards or commissions of the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Source credit: (R.S. § 5580; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 91–551, § 1(a), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 355], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–303.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1894Enacted · Act of Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36 · 28 Stat. 41
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-551 · 84 Stat. 1439
1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-551 on 1894-03-12.

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