 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
        SUBCHAPTER X--NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD
 
Sec. 80b. Selection of site


(a) Authorization of Board of Regents; submission of recommendations to 
        Congress

    The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized 
and directed, with the advice and assistance of the Board, to 
investigate and survey lands and buildings in and near the District of 
Columbia suitable for the display of military collections. The Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall, after consulting with and 
seeking the advice of the Commission on Fine Arts, the National Capital 
Planning Commission, and the General Services Administration, submit 
recommendations to the Congress with respect to the acquisition of lands 
and buildings for such purpose.

(b) Public exhibits and study collections; exhibits of military and 
        naval operations

    Buildings acquired pursuant to recommendations made under subsection 
(a) of this section shall be used to house public exhibits and study 
collections that are not appropriate for the military exhibits of the 
Smithsonian Institution on the Mall in the District of Columbia. 
Facilities shall be provided for the display of large military objects 
and for the reconstruction, in an appropriate way, on lands acquired 
pursuant to recommendations made under subsection (a) of this section, 
of exhibits showing the nature of fortifications, trenches, and other 
military and naval facilities characteristic of the American colonial 
period, the War of the Revolution, and subsequent American military and 
naval operations.

(Pub. L. 87-186, Sec. 3, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 415.)
