---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150104"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "150104"
heading: "Services to United States Government"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/150104"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1501 — National Academy of Public Administration"
---

# §150104. Services to United States Government


On request of the United States Government, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall investigate, examine, experiment, and report on any subject of government. The actual expense of the investigation, examination, experimentation, and report shall be paid by the Government from appropriations available for that purpose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1387.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 150104 | 36:2316. | Apr. 10, 1984, Pub. L. 98–257, § 17, 98 Stat. 129. |

The words “Congress, or” are omitted as included in “United States Government”. The word “experimentation” is added for consistency in the section.