[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
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[Pages 981-983]
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                                TITLE 20.--EDUCATION

            
             Chapter 3.--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND 
                                   ART GALLERIES

      1330  Sec. 42. Board of Regents; members.
            (a) Composition
                The business of the Institution shall be conducted at 
            the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the 
            Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of 
            the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, 
            three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of 
            Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members 
            of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of 
            Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some 
            State, but no two of them of the same State.
            (b) Modification of number, appointment or tenure of 
                members; exceptions
                Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of 
            Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may modify the number 
            of members, manner of appointment of members, or tenure of 
            members, of the boards or commissions under the jurisdiction 
            of the Smithsonian Institution, other than--
                            (1) the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
                        Institution; and
                            (2) the boards or commissions of the 
                        National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy 
                        Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow 
                        Wilson International Center for Scholars.

            (As amended Oct. 21, 1998, Pub.L. 105-277, Div. A, 
            Sec. 101(e) [Title III, Sec. 355], 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-
            303.)

      1331  Sec. 43. Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies.
                The regents to be selected shall be appointed as 
            follows: The Members of the Senate by the President thereof; 
            the Members of the House by the Speaker thereof; and the 
            nine other persons by joint resolution of the Congress. The 
            Members of the House so appointed shall serve for the term 
            of two years; and on every alternate fourth Wednesday of 
            December a like number shall be appointed in the same 
            manner, to serve until the fourth Wednesday in December, in 
            the second year succeeding their appointment. The Senators 
            so appointed shall serve during the term for which they 
            shall hold, without reelection, their office as Senators. 
            Vacancies, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, 
            shall be filled as vacancies in committees are filled. The 
            regular term of service for the other nine members shall be 
            six years; and new elections thereof shall be made by joint 
            resolutions of Congress. Vacancies occasioned by death, 
            resignation, or otherwise may be filled in like manner by 
            joint resolution of Congress. (R.S. Sec. 5581; Dec. 15, 
            1970, Pub.L. 91-551, 84 Stat. 1440.)

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      1332  Sec. 76h. Board of Trustees.
            (a) Establishment
                            (1) In general
                            There is established in the Smithsonian 
                        Institution a bureau, which shall be directed by 
                        a board to be known as the Trustees of the John 
                        F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
                        (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the 
                        ``Board''), whose duty it shall be to maintain 
                        and administer the John F. Kennedy Center for 
                        the Performing Arts and site thereof as the 
                        National Center for the Performing Arts, a 
                        living memorial to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and 
                        to execute such other functions as are vested in 
                        the Board by this subchapter.
                            (2) Membership
                The Board shall be composed of--

                                (A) the Secretary of Health and Human 
                            Services;

                                (B) the Librarian of Congress;

                                (C) the Secretary of State;

                                (D) the Chairman of the Commission of 
                            Fine Arts;

                                (E) the Mayor of the District of 
                            Columbia;

                                (F) the Superintendent of Schools of the 
                            District of Columbia;

                                (G) the Director of the National Park 
                            Service;

                                (H) the Secretary of Education;

                                (I) the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
                            Institution;

                                (J)(i) the Speaker and the Minority 
                            Leader of the House of Representatives;

                                        (ii) the chairman and ranking 
                                    minority member of the Committee on 
                                    Transportation and Infrastructure of 
                                    the House of Representatives; and

                                        (iii) three additional Members 
                                    of the House of Representatives 
                                    appointed by the Speaker of the 
                                    House of Representatives;

                                (K)(i) the Majority Leader and the 
                            Minority Leader of the Senate;

                                        (ii) the chairman and ranking 
                                    minority member of the Committee on 
                                    Environment and Public Works of the 
                                    Senate; and

                                        (iii) three additional Members 
                                    of the Senate appointed by the 
                                    President of the Senate; and

                                (L) thirty-six general trustees, who 
                            shall be citizens of the United States, to 
                            be appointed in accordance with subsection 
                            (b) of this section.

            (b) General trustees
                The general trustees shall be appointed by the President 
            of the United States. Each trustee shall hold office as a 
            member of the Board for a term of 6 years, except that--
                            (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy 
                        occurring before the expiration of the term for 
                        which the predecessor of the member was 
                        appointed shall be appointed for the remainder 
                        of the term;
                            (2) a member shall continue to serve until 
                        the successor of the member has been appointed; 
                        and
                            (3) the term of office of a member appointed 
                        before July 21, 1994, shall expire as designated 
                        at the time of appointment.

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            (c) Advisory Committee on the Arts
                There shall be an Advisory Committee on the Arts 
            composed of such members as the President of the United 
            States may designate, to serve at the pleasure of the 
            President. Persons appointed to the Advisory Committee on 
            the Arts, including officers or employees of the United 
            States, shall be persons who are recognized for their 
            knowledge of, or experience or interest in, one or more of 
            the arts in the fields covered by the John F. Kennedy Center 
            for the Performing Arts. The President shall designate the 
            Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Arts. In making 
            such appointments the President shall give consideration to 
            such recommendations as may from time to time be submitted 
            to him by leading national organizations in the appropriate 
            art fields. The Advisory Committee on the Arts shall advise 
            and consult with the Board and make recommendations to the 
            Board regarding existing and prospective cultural activities 
            to be carried out by the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
            Performing Arts. The Advisory Committee on the Arts shall 
            assist the Board in carrying out section 76k(a) of this 
            title. Members of the Advisory Committee on the Arts shall 
            serve without compensation. (Pub.L. 85-874, Sec.  2, Sept. 
            2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1698; Pub.L. 88-100, Sec. Sec.  1, 2, Aug. 
            19, 1963, 77 Stat. 128; Pub.L. 88-260, Sec.  1(2), Jan. 23, 
            1964, 78 Stat. 4; Pub.L. 103-279, Sec.  2(b)(1), (c), (d), 
            July 21, 1994, 108 Stat. 1409, 1410; Pub.L. 107-117, Div. D, 
            Title II, Sec.  201(a), Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2353; 
            Pub.L. 110-338, Sec.  2, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3731.)
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