2016 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 26 - Support and Scholarship in Humanities and Arts; Museum Services
Subchapter I - National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Sec. 959a - Gifts, bequests, and devises

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Citation 20 U.S.C. § 959a (2016)
Section Name §959a. Gifts, bequests, and devises
Section Text

The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities are on and after August 2, 2005, authorized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property or services and to use such in furtherance of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate endowment for the purposes specified in each case.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, §410, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 551.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 which comprises this subchapter.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title III, §310, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3094.

Pub. L. 108–108, title III, §310, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1303.

Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title III, §310, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 271.

Pub. L. 107–63, title III, §315, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 467.

Pub. L. 106–291, title III, §318, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 989.

Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(3) [title III, §319], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–193.

Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title III, §320], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–289.

Pub. L. 105–83, title III, §330, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1600.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 20 - EDUCATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 26 - SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS; MUSEUM SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Sec. 959a - Gifts, bequests, and devises
Contains section 959a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 111 Stat. 1600
112 Stat. 2681-231
113 Stat. 1535
114 Stat. 989
115 Stat. 467
117 Stat. 271, 1303
118 Stat. 3094
119 Stat. 551
Public Law References Public Law 105-83, Public Law 105-277, Public Law 106-113, Public Law 106-291, Public Law 107-63, Public Law 108-7, Public Law 108-108, Public Law 108-447, Public Law 109-54
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