 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                  SUBCHAPTER XII--MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART
 
Sec. 80m. Powers of Board


(a) Acquisition, retention, and disposition of property; research and 
        education programs

    For the purpose of carrying out sections 80k and 80l of this title, 
the Board may--
        (1) purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire additional 
    works of art or any other real or personal property for the Museum;
        (2) preserve, maintain, restore, display, loan, transfer, store, 
    or otherwise hold any property of whatsoever nature acquired 
    pursuant to section 80k of this title or paragraph (1) of this 
    subsection;
        (3) conduct programs of research and education; and
        (4) subject to any limitations otherwise expressly provided by 
    law, and, in the case of any gift, subject to any applicable 
    restrictions under the terms of such gift, sell, exchange, or 
    otherwise dispose of any property of whatsoever nature acquired 
    pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter: Provided, That the 
    proceeds from the sale of any property acquired pursuant to section 
    80k of this title shall be designated for the benefit of the Museum.

(b) Recommendations of Commission

    In carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, the Board shall 
consider the recommendations of the Commission established pursuant to 
section 80n of this title.

(Pub. L. 95-414, Sec. 3, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 911.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 80l of this title.
