20 U.S.C. § 961
Section 961 · 961 to 969. Omitted
Amended 1 time on record
It is the purpose of this subchapter to encourage and assist museums in their educational role, in conjunction with formal systems of elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education and with programs of nonformal education for all age groups; to assist museums in modernizing their methods and facilities so that they may be better able to conserve our cultural, historic, and scientific heritage; and to ease the financial burden borne by museums as a result of their increasing use by the public.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 961, Pub. L. 89 209, §12, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 854; Pub. L. 90 575, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1061, related to State educational agencies’ acquisition of equipment, remodeling of laboratories, and making loans to strengthen instruction in the humanities and the arts, providing in: subsec. (a) appropriations authorization; subsec. (b) reservation, allotment and reallotment of funds as provided in section 442(a) and (c) of this title; subsec. (c) State plan, submission, requirements, terms and conditions; subsec. (d) approval of State plan by Commissioner, application of section 584(b) and (c) of this title; subsec. (e) payments to States as provided in section 444 of this title; and subsec. (f) administration of loans to schools as provided in section 445 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91 230, title VIII, §807(b), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 192.
Short Title
Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 94 462 provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter and amending section 958 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Museum Services Act’.”