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title: "36 U.S.C. § 21306"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "213"
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 21306 - Historical collections

## Text

The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may allow the corporation to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other historical material in the Smithsonian Institution or the National Museum on conditions and under regulations the Regents prescribe.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2130636:20 (last sentence).Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (last sentence), 25 Stat. 640. The words “historical material” are substituted for “material for history” for clarity. The words “at their discretion” are omitted as unnecessary.