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3 U.S.C. § 110Furniture for the Executive Residence at the White House

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 644 to r/title-3-THE-PRESIDENT · 212 words · no verdicts yet

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White House furniture must be American-made whenever that's practical. The National Park Service Director may accept donated antique furniture, which becomes U.S. property. The Director must also appoint a committee to review and recommend which donated pieces to accept.

Domestic furniture requirement. Furniture bought for the Executive Residence at the White House must be made in the United States, as far as practicable — meaning whenever that is realistically possible. Accepting donations. This section also aims to preserve the best examples of early American furniture and furnishings in the Executive Residence, and to keep its interior consistent with its original design. To help with that, the Director of the National Park Service is authorized and directed — with the President's approval — to accept donated furniture and furnishings for use there. Anything donated this way becomes the property of the United States and must be tracked as such. Review committee. The Director is also authorized and directed, again with the President's approval, to appoint a temporary committee to evaluate donated items. This committee must include one representative of the American Federation of Arts, one of the National Commission of Fine Arts, one of the National Academy of Design, one member of the American Institute of Architects, and five members representing the general public. The committee has full power to select and approve which donated articles are accepted, and to recommend them for acceptance.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

All furniture purchased for the use of the Executive Residence at the White House shall be, as far as practicable, of domestic manufacture. With a view to conserving in the Executive Residence at the White House the best specimens of the early American furniture and furnishings, and for the purpose of maintaining the interior of the Executive Residence at the White House in keeping with its original design, the Director of the National Park Service is authorized and directed, with the approval of the President, to accept donations of furniture and furnishings for use in the Executive Residence at the White House, all such articles thus donated to become the property of the United States and to be accounted for as such. The said Director of the National Park Service is further authorized and directed, with the approval of the President, to appoint a temporary committee composed of one representative of the American Federation of Arts, one representative of the National Commission of Fine Arts, one representative of the National Academy of Design, one member of the American Institute of Architects, and five members representing the public at large; the said committee to have full power to select and pass on the articles in question and to recommend the same for acceptance.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 679; Pub. L. 95–570, § 5(c)(1), Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2451.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 644 · 62 Stat. 679
  • 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-570 · 92 Stat. 2451

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 644 on 1948-06-25.

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