2018 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 11 - National Arboretum
Sec. 195 - Gifts, bequests, or devises for benefit of National Arboretum; separate fund in the Treasury

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Citation 20 U.S.C. § 195 (2018)
Section Name §195. Gifts, bequests, or devises for benefit of National Arboretum; separate fund in the Treasury
Section Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to solicit, accept, receive, hold, utilize, and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property made for the benefit of the National Arboretum or for the carrying out of any of its functions. For the purposes of the Federal income, estate, and gift tax laws, property accepted under the authority of this section shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise to the United States. Any gift of money accepted pursuant to the authority granted in this section, or the net proceeds from the liquidation of any property so accepted, or the proceeds of any insurance on any gift property not used for its restoration shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States for credit to a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Source Credit

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 505, §5, as added Pub. L. 94–129, Nov. 13, 1975, 89 Stat. 683; amended Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, §890(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1181.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 inserted "solicit," after "authorized to" in first sentence.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 20 - EDUCATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 11 - NATIONAL ARBORETUM
Sec. 195 - Gifts, bequests, or devises for benefit of National Arboretum; separate fund in the Treasury
Contains section 195
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 89 Stat. 683
110 Stat. 1181
Public Law References Public Law 94-129, Public Law 104-127
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