---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 9101"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "9101"
heading: "Establishment, composition, and vacancies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/9101"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part D — Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia"
  - "Chapter 91 — Commission of Fine Arts"
---

# §9101. Establishment, composition, and vacancies

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is a [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) of Fine Arts.
- (b) **Composition.—** The [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) is composed of seven well-qualified judges of the fine arts, appointed by the President, who serve for four years each or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
- (c) **Vacancies.—** The President shall fill vacancies on the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
- (d) **Expenses.—** Members of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall be paid actual expenses in traveling to and from the District of Columbia to attend [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) meetings and while attending those meetings.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1232.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9101(a), (b) | 40:104 (1st sentence). | May 17, 1910, ch. 243, § 1 (1st, 2d sentences, last sentence words after comma), 36 Stat. 371. |
| 9101(c) | 40:104 (2d sentence). |  |
| 9101(d) | 40:104 (last sentence words after comma). |  |

In subsection (a), the word “permanent” is omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (d), the words “the District of Columbia” are substituted for “Washington” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.