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20 U.S.C. § 59 — Collections of National Ocean Survey, United States Geological Survey, and others deposited in National Museum
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All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the National Ocean Survey, the United States Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum.
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All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the National Ocean Survey, the United States Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum.
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**(a) Establishment of office; appointment and duties; examination of geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national domain; prohibitions in respect to lands and surveys** The Director of the United States Geological Survey, which office is established, under the Interior Department, shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. This officer shall have the direction of the United States Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. The Director and members of the United States Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations.
**(b) Examination of geological structure, mineral resources, and products outside national domain** The authority of the Secretary of the Interior, exercised through the United States Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior, to examine the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, is expanded to authorize such examinations outside the national domain where determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest.
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The area bounded by Seventh Street, Constitution Avenue, Fourth Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as a site for a National Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to permit the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust (hereinafter referred to as the donor) to construct on said site for the Smithsonian Institution a building to be designated the National Gallery of Art, and to remove any existing structure and landscape the grounds within said area. The adjoining area bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is reserved as a site for future additions to the National Gallery of Art. The project shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, act Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 1, 26 Stat. 653, as amended, relating to the establishment of a Weather Bureau in the Department of Commerce, was omitted because the Weather Bureau was consolidated with the Coast and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in the Department to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration, and the office of Chief of the Weather Bureau was abolished, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note below. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to the Secretary of Commerce all functions of the Bureau and the Chief of the Bureau.
Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out as a note under [section 1511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1511&num=0&edition=prelim), abolished the Environmental Science Services Administration, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator, and established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce. By Department Organization Order 25–5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, July 29, 1974, the Secretary of Commerce delegated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a number of functions vested in him, including his functions under this chapter of the Code. By order of the Acting Associate Administrator, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, the following organizational names appearing in chapter IX of subtitle B of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the Administration, were changed: Environmental Science Services Administration to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (ESSA to NOAA); Coast and Geodetic Survey to National Ocean Survey,
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Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody they may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them; and whenever new specimens in natural history, geology, or mineralogy are obtained for the museum of the institution, by exchanges of duplicate specimens, which the Regents may in their discretion make, or by donation, which they may receive, or otherwise, the Regents shall cause such new specimens to be appropriately classed and arranged. The minerals, books, manuscripts, and other property of James Smithson, which have been received by the Government of the United States, shall be preserved separate and apart from other property of the institution.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 58
making the purchases and executing the objects
authorized by said sections, the Board of Re-
gents, or the executive committee thereof, may
certify to the chancellor and secretary of the
board that such sum of money is required,
whereupon they shall examine the same, and, if
they shall approve thereof, shall certify the
same to the proper officer of the Treasury for
payment. The board shall submit to Congress, at
each session thereof, a report of the operations,
expenditures, and condition of the institution.
(R.S. § 5593.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 5593 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 3,
9 Stat. 103.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
in this section relating to submitting a report to Con-
gress at each session of Congress, see section 3003 of
Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under sec-
tion 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 192
of House Document No. 103–7.
§ 58. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 424, § 1, 30 Stat. 1085,
which required that the salaries of officers and employ-
ees paid from appropriations under the Smithsonian In-
stitution be reported to Congress annually, terminated,
effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub.
L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section
1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 192
of House Document No. 103–7.
§ 59. Collections of National Ocean Survey,
United States Geological Survey, and others
deposited in National Museum
All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fos-
sils, and objects of natural history, archaeology,
and ethnology, made by the National Ocea
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