2002 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 72 - MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER III - MUSEUM SERVICES
Sec. 9172 - Definitions
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 72 - MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES SUBCHAPTER III - MUSEUM SERVICES Sec. 9172 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 9172 |
| Date | 2002 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 2003 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-462, title II, §272, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, §101(e) [title VII, §702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-303. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 3009-233 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 94-462, Public Law 104-208 |
§9172. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) MuseumThe term “museum” means a public or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes, that utilizes a professional staff, owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for the tangible objects, and exhibits the tangible objects to the public on a regular basis.
(2) StateThe term “State” means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, §272, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(e) [title VII, §702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–303.)
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