2014 US Code
Title 20 - Education (Sections 1 - 10013)
Chapter 26A - Indemnity for Exhibitions of Arts and Artifacts (Sections 971 - 977)
Sec. 971 - Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 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 26A - INDEMNITY FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ARTS AND ARTIFACTS Sec. 971 - Agreements to indemnify against loss or damage |
Contains | section 971 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | 'Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act'." |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-158, §2, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 99-194, title III, §301, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1345. |
Statutes at Large References | 89 Stat. 844, 846 99 Stat. 1345 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-158, Public Law 99-194 |
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The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Council"), established under section 958 of this title, is authorized to make agreements to indemnify against loss or damage such items as may be eligible for such indemnity agreements under section 972 of this title—
(1) in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(2) on such terms and conditions as the Council shall prescribe, by regulation, in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter and, consistent with such purposes, to protect the financial interest of the United States.
(b) Council as "agency"(1) For purposes of this chapter, the Council shall be an "agency" within the meaning of the appropriate definitions of such term in title 5.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the member designated by the Chairman of the Senate Commission of Art and Antiquities and the member designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall not serve as members of the Council.
(Pub. L. 94–158, §2, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 99–194, title III, §301, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1345.)
AMENDMENTS1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–194 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 94–158, §9, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 846, provided that: "This Act [see Short Title note below] shall become effective 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 1975]."
SHORT TITLEPub. L. 94–158, §1, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 844, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the 'Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act'."
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