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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 26— SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS; MUSEUM SERVICES · SUBCHAPTER I— NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES · § 959a

§ 959a. Gifts, bequests, and devises

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The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities are on and after August 2, 2005, authorized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property or services and to use such in furtherance of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chairman.
The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
(Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 410, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 551.)
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  • Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 410
  • 119 Stat. 551
  • Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title III, § 310
  • 118 Stat. 3094
  • Pub. L. 108–108, title III, § 310
  • 117 Stat. 1303
  • Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title III, § 310
  • 117 Stat. 271
  • Pub. L. 107–63, title III, § 315
  • 115 Stat. 467
  • Pub. L. 106–291, title III, § 318
  • 114 Stat. 989
  • Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 319]
  • 113 Stat. 1535
  • Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 320]
  • 112 Stat. 2681–231
  • Pub. L. 105–83, title III, § 330
  • 111 Stat. 1600
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§ 959a
Gifts, bequests, and devises
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 109–54, title IV, § 410
Stat.119 Stat. 551
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title III, § 310
Stat.118 Stat. 3094
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–108, title III, § 310
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