The area bounded by Seventh Street, Constitution Avenue, Fourth Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as a site for a National Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to permit the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust (hereinafter referred to as the donor) to construct on said site for the Smithsonian Institution a building to be designated the National Gallery of Art, and to remove any existing structure and landscape the grounds within said area. The adjoining area bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is reserved as a site for future additions to the National Gallery of Art. The project shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.
(Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, § 1, 50 Stat. 51.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Smithsonian American Art MuseumPub. L. 106–385, Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1463, provided that:
Pub. L. 96–441, §§ 1, 3, 4, Oct. 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 1884, provided:
Act Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, 50 Stat. 51, sections 1 to 5 of which are incorporated as sections 71, 72 to 74, and 75 of this title, provided in section 6(c) that: “The existing bureau of the Smithsonian Institution now designated as a national gallery of art shall hereafter be known as the National Collection of Fine Arts.”
General Post Office Building; Transfer to Smithsonian Institution for Use as Art Galleries; Relocation of United States International Trade CommissionPub. L. 98–523, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2433, provided: