2017 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 72 - Museum and Library Services
Subchapter III - Museum Services
Sec. 9172 - Definitions
| 20 U.S.C. § 9172 (2017) |
| §9172. Definitions |
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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. Such term includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks. The 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. |
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(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, §273, formerly §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; renumbered §273 and amended Pub. L. 108–81, title III, §§302, 306(1), Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 1000, 1002; Pub. L. 111–340, title III, §302, Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3603.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 273 of Pub. L. 94–462 was renumbered section 274 and is classified to section 9173 of this title. AMENDMENTS2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–340 inserted "includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and" after "Such term". 2003—Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–81, §302, inserted at end: "Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks." |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
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| Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 72 - MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES SUBCHAPTER III - MUSEUM SERVICES Sec. 9172 - Definitions |
| section 9172 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| standard |
| 110 Stat. 3009-233 117 Stat. 1000 124 Stat. 3603 |
| Public Law 94-462, Public Law 104-208, Public Law 108-81, Public Law 111-340 |
