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20 U.S.C. § 9173 — Museum services activities
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**(a) In general** The Director, subject to the policy advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with museums, States, local governments, and other entities as the Director considers appropriate, to pay the Federal share of the cost of—
(1) supporting museums in providing learning and access to collections, information, and educational resources in a variety of formats (including exhibitions, programs, publications, and websites) for individuals of all ages;
(2) supporting museums in building learning partnerships with the Nation’s schools, including tribal schools, and developing museum resources, capabilities, and programs in support of State and local efforts to offer a well-rounded educational experience to all students;
(3) supporting the conservation and preservation of museum collections, including efforts to—
(A) provide optimal conditions for storage, exhibition, and use;
(B) prepare for and respond to disasters and emergency situations;
(C) establish endowments for conservation;
(D) curate, stabilize, and organize object-related information; and
(E) train museum staff in collections care;
(4) supporting efforts at the State level to leverage museum resources, including statewide assessments of museum services and needs and development of State plans to improve and maximize museum services through the State;
(5) creating shared technology tools and data resources, and developing museum staff training plans to improve and maximize museum services through organizations such as museum associations, professional networks, community-based organizations, and foundations, and through other collaborative mechanisms;
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**(a) In general** The Director, subject to the policy advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with museums, States, local governments, and other entities as the Director considers appropriate, to pay the Federal share of the cost of—
(1) supporting museums in providing learning and access to collections, information, and educational resources in a variety of formats (including exhibitions, programs, publications, and websites) for individuals of all ages;
(2) supporting museums in building learning partnerships with the Nation’s schools, including tribal schools, and developing museum resources, capabilities, and programs in support of State and local efforts to offer a well-rounded educational experience to all students;
(3) supporting the conservation and preservation of museum collections, including efforts to—
(A) provide optimal conditions for storage, exhibition, and use;
(B) prepare for and respond to disasters and emergency situations;
(C) establish endowments for conservation;
(D) curate, stabilize, and organize object-related information; and
(E) train museum staff in collections care;
(4) supporting efforts at the State level to leverage museum resources, including statewide assessments of museum services and needs and development of State plans to improve and maximize museum services through the State;
(5) creating shared technology tools and data resources, and developing museum staff training plans to improve and maximize museum services through organizations such as museum associations, professional networks, community-based organizations, and foundations, and through other collaborative mechanisms;
(6) stimulating greater collaboration, in order to share resources and strengthen communities, among museums and—
(A) libraries;
(B) schools;
(C) institutions of higher education;
(D) international, Federal, State, regional, tribal, and local agencies or organizations;
(E) nongovernmental organizations;
(F) other community organizations; and
(G) other relevant research and policy organizations;
(7) encouraging the use of new and emerging technologies and media, including new ways to disseminate information, engage varied audiences in experiential learning, and support teachers and students to enhance access to and engagement with museum collections, programs, and services;
(8) supporting museums in developing, carrying out, and providing programs and services that meet the needs of communities throughout the Nation, including people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, residents of rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, veterans, and caregivers, and for State institutions;
(9) supporting professional development and technical assistance programs to enhance museum operations, and the skills of museum staff, at all levels, and to support the development of the next generation of museum leaders and professionals, in order to ensure the highest standards in all aspects of museum operations;
(10) supporting museums in research, program evaluation, and the collection and dissemination of information to museum professionals and the public;
(11) encouraging, supporting, and disseminating model programs of museum and library collaboration;
(12) enabling museums to serve as anchor institutions to support community revitalization and the creation of opportunities for advancement; and
(13) developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations to expand and enhance museum services.
**(b) Federal share**
(1) **50 percent** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share described in subsection (a) shall be not more than 50 percent.
(2) **Greater than 50 percent** — The Director may use not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under this subchapter for a fiscal year to enter into arrangements under subsection (a) for which the Federal share may be greater than 50 percent.
(3) **Operational expenses** — No funds for operational expenses may be provided under this section to any entity that is not a museum.
**(c) Review and evaluation**
(1) **In general** — The Director shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating arrangements described in subsection (a) entered into under this subchapter.
(2) **Grant distribution** — In awarding grants, the Director shall take into consideration the equitable distribution of grants to museums of various types and sizes and to different geographic areas of the United States.
(3) **Applications for technical assistance**
(A) *In general* — The Director may use not more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this subchapter for technical assistance.
(B) *Individual museums* — Individual museums may receive not more than 3 technical assistance awards under subparagraph (A). Subsequent awards for technical assistance shall be subject to review outside the Institute.
**(d) Services for Native Americans** From amounts appropriated under [section 9176 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9176&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall reserve 2.25 percent to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians (as defined in [section 7517 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7517&num=0&edition=prelim)), to enable such tribes and organizations to carry out the activities described in subsection (a).
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a) Grants** For the purpose of carrying out this subchapter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Director $38,600,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2025.
**(b) Sums remaining available** Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall remain available for obligation until expended.
**(c) Funding rules** Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is greater than the amount appropriated under such subsection for fiscal year 2020 by more than $10,000,000, then an amount of not less than 30 percent but not more than 50 percent of the increase in appropriated funds shall be available, from the funds appropriated under such subsection for the fiscal year, to enter into arrangements under [section 9173 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9173&num=0&edition=prelim) to carry out the State assessments described in [section 9173(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9173/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim) and to assist States in the implementation of such plans.
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In this part:
(1) **Community consultation** — The term “community consultation” means a public gathering—
(A) to discuss Native Hawaiian education concerns; and
(B) about which the public has been given not less than 30 days notice.
(2) **Native Hawaiian** — The term “Native Hawaiian” means any individual who is—
(A) a citizen of the United States; and
(B) a descendant of the aboriginal people who, prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now comprises the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by—
(i) genealogical records;
(ii) Kupuna (elders) or Kamaaina (long-term community residents) verification; or
(iii) certified birth records.
(3) **Native Hawaiian community-based organization** — The term “Native Hawaiian community-based organization” means any organization that is composed primarily of Native Hawaiians from a specific community and that assists in the social, cultural, and educational development of Native Hawaiians in that community.
(4) **Native Hawaiian educational organization** — The term “Native Hawaiian educational organization” means a private nonprofit organization that—
(A) serves the interests of Native Hawaiians;
(B) has Native Hawaiians in substantive and policymaking positions within the organization;
(C) incorporates Native Hawaiian perspective, values, language, culture, and traditions into the core function of the organization;
(D) has demonstrated expertise in the education of Native Hawaiian youth; and
(E) has demonstrated expertise in research and program development.
(5) **Native Hawaiian language** — The term “Native Hawaiian language” means the single Native American language indigenous to the original inhabitants of the State of Hawaii.
(6) **Native Hawaiian organization*
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 274, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–304, related to National Award for Museum Service.
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As used in this subchapter:
(1) **Museum** — The term “museum” means a public, tribal, or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, 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.
(2) **State** — 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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
The Museum Services Act (Pub. L. 94–462, title II, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1975, as amended), which was classified to this subchapter (§§ 961 to 963 and 964 to 969), was amended generally by Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–293, and transferred to chapter 72 (§ 9101 et seq.) of this title.
Section 961, Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 202, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1975, related to declaration of purpose of this subchapter.
A prior section 961, Pub. L. 89–209, § 12, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 854; Pub. L. 90–575, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1061, related to State educational agencies’ acquisition of equipment, remodeling of laboratories, and making loans to strengthen instruction in the humanities and the arts, providing in: subsec. (a) appropriations authorization; subsec. (b) reservation, allotment and reallotment of funds as provided in section 442(a) and (c) of this title; subsec. (c) State plan, submission, requirements, terms and conditions; subsec. (d) approval of State plan by Commissioner, application of section 584(b) and (c) of this title; subsec. (e) payments to States as provided in [section 444 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section444&num=0&edition=prelim); and subsec. (f) administration of loans to schools as provided in [section 445 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section445&num=0&edition=prelim), prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–230, title VIII, § 807(b), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 192.
Section 962, Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 203, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1975; Pub. L. 96–496, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 2591; Pub. L. 98–306, § 8
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 9173
as follows: ‘‘to encourage and support museums in car-
rying out their public service role of connecting the
whole of society to the cultural, artistic, historical,
natural, and scientific understandings that constitute
our heritage;’’.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–410, § 16(3), added par. (2). Former
par. (2) redesignated (1).
Par. (4). Pub. L. 115–410, § 16(4), inserted ‘‘diverse’’ be-
fore ‘‘cultural’’.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 115–410, § 16(5), substituted ‘‘as they
serve their communities in new and different ways’’ for
‘‘as a result of their increasing use by the public’’.
Par. (9). Pub. L. 115–410, § 16(7), substituted ‘‘State and
regional levels’’ for ‘‘State level’’ and ‘‘services; and’’
for ‘‘services.’’
Par. (10). Pub. L. 115–410, § 16(6), (8), added par. (10).
2010—Par. (3). Pub. L. 111–340, § 301(1), inserted
‘‘through international, national, regional, State, and
local networks and partnerships’’ after ‘‘services’’.
Pars. (7) to (9). Pub. L. 111–340, § 301(2)–(4), added pars.
(7) to (9).
2003—Pub. L. 108–81, § 301, amended section catchline
and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as
follows: ‘‘It is the purpose of this subchapter—
‘‘(1) to encourage and assist museums in their edu-
cational role, in conjunction with formal systems of
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education
and with programs of nonformal education for all age
groups;
‘‘(2) to assist museums in modernizing their meth-
ods and facilities so that the museums are better able
to conserve the cultural, historic, and scientific her-
itage of the United States; and
‘‘(3) to ease the financial burden borne by museums
as a result of their increasing use by the public.’’
§ 9172. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) Museum
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