Donations for Museum Purposes (16 U.S.C. § 18 f(a))

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§ 18f–2

TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Secretary of Commerce substituted for Secretary of
the Interior in view of transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by
section 2 of Pub. L. 93–193. See Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 18 of this title.

§ 18d. Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of sections 18 to 18d of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed
$2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976;
$625,000 for the transition period of July 1, 1976,
through September 30, 1976; $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $2,500,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 642, § 5, 54 Stat. 774; Pub. L.
91–549, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1437; Pub. L. 94–55,
§ 2(a), July 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 262.)
AMENDMENTS
1975—Pub. L. 94–55 substituted provisions authorizing
appropriations not to exceed $2,500,000 for fiscal year
ending June 30, 1976, $625,000 for the transition period of
July 1, 1976 through Sept. 30, 1976, $2,500,000 for fiscal
year ending Sept. 30, 1977, and $2,500,000 for fiscal year
ending Sept. 30, 1978, for provisions authorizing appropriations not to exceed $250,000 for fiscal year 1971 and
$750,000 for fiscal year 1972.
1970—Pub. L. 91–549 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of not more than $250,000 for fiscal
year 1971 and not more than $750,000 for fiscal year 1972,
for provisions which authorized appropriations of not
more than $100,000 annually.

§ 18e. Repealed. Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, title V,
§ 541(c), 55 Stat. 710
Section, act June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 350, exempted national park, etc., admission fees from all
Federal tax on admissions. Act Sept. 20, 1941, was made
effective on, and applicable only with respect to the period beginning with Oct. 1, 1941, by section 550(a) thereof.

§ 18f. Management of museum properties
The purpose of this section and sections 18f–2
and 18f–3 of this title shall be to increase the
public benefits from museums established within the individual areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park
Service as a means of informing the public concerning the areas and preserving valuable objects and relics relating thereto. The Secretary
of the Interior, notwithstanding other provisions or limitations of law, may perform the following functions in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest:
(a) Donations and bequests
Accept donations and bequests of money or
other personal property, and hold, use, expend,
and administer the same for purposes of this
section and sections 18f–2 and 18f–3 of this title;
(b) Purchases
Purchase museum objects, museum collections, and other personal properties at prices he
considers to be reasonable;
(c) Exchanges
Make exchanges by accepting museum objects,
museum collections, and other personal properties, and by granting in exchange therefor mu-

seum property under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary which is no longer needed or which may be held in duplicate among the
museum properties administered by the Secretary, such exchanges to be consummated on a
basis which the Secretary considers to be equitable and in the public interest;
(d) Accepting loans of museum objects
Accept the loan of museum objects, museum
collections, and other personal properties and
pay transportation costs incidental thereto,
such loans to be accepted upon terms and conditions which he shall consider necessary; and
(e) Making loans of museum objects
Loan to responsible public or private organizations, institutions, or agencies, without cost to
the United States, such museum objects, museum collections, and other personal property as
he shall consider advisable, such loans to be
made upon terms and conditions which he shall
consider necessary to protect the public interest
in such properties.
(July 1, 1955, ch. 259, § 1, 69 Stat. 242; Pub. L.
104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 804(a)(1), Nov. 12, 1996,
110 Stat. 4187.)
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–333 struck out ‘‘from
such donations and bequests of money’’ before ‘‘museum objects’’.

§ 18f–1. Disposal of unnecessary or duplicate museum objects; use of proceeds
In fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, the Secretary may exercise the authorities granted in
section 18f of this title in administration of the
Department of the Interior Museum, and may
dispose of objects no longer needed for the Museum or held in duplicate among museum properties and apply the proceeds to the purchase of
museum objects, museum collections, and other
personal properties at reasonable prices.
(Pub. L. 101–512, title I, § 116, Nov. 5, 1990, 104
Stat. 1937.)
§ 18f–2. Additional functions
(a) Museum objects and collections
In addition to the functions specified in section 18f of this title, the Secretary of the Interior may perform the following functions in
such manner as he shall consider to be in the
public interest:
(1) Transfer museum objects and museum
collections that the Secretary determines are
no longer needed for museum purposes to
qualified Federal agencies, including the
Smithsonian Institution, that have programs
to preserve and interpret cultural or natural
heritage, and accept the transfer of museum
objects and museum collections for the purposes of this section and sections 18f and 18f–3
of this title from any other Federal agency,
without reimbursement. The head of any other
Federal agency may transfer, without reimbursement, museum objects and museum collections directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for the
purpose of this section and sections 18f and
18f–3 of this title.