20 U.S.C. § 9172
Section 9172 · Definitions
Viewing 20 U.S.C. § 9172 as in effect on September 25, 2003. The text changed in 2 later editions (most recent December 31, 2018).
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(1) Museum
The term “museum” means a public or private nonprofit agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes, that utilizes a professional staff, owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for the tangible objects, and exhibits the tangible objects to the public on a regular basis. Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.
(2) State
The term “State” means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 273 of Pub. L. 94–462 was renumbered section 274 and is classified to section 9173 of this title.
Amendments
2003—Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–81, §302, inserted at end: “Such term includes aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.”