---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 75e"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "75e"
heading: "Powers of Board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/75e"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries"
  - "Subchapter III — National Portrait Gallery"
---

# §75e. Powers of Board


For the purpose of carrying out any function authorized by [section 75b of this title](/usc/20/75b.md), the [Board](/usc/20/75a.md?p=a) may—

- (1) purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire [portraiture](/usc/20/75a.md?p=e), statuary, and other items for preservation, exhibition, or study. The [Board](/usc/20/75a.md?p=a) may acquire any such item on the basis of its general historical interest, its artistic merit, or the historical significance of the individual to which it relates, or any combination of any such factors. The [Board](/usc/20/75a.md?p=a) may acquire period furniture and other items to enhance its displays of [portraiture](/usc/20/75a.md?p=e) and statuary.
- (2) preserve or restore any item acquired pursuant to [paragraph (1)](#1).
- (3) display, loan, store, or otherwise hold any such item.
- (4) sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–443, § 6, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)