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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

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DRAFT OF A BILL
To amend the Act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stat. 214; 20 U.S.C. 65), relating to the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

Whereas the museums of the Nation constitute a cultural and educational asset of great importance to the Nation's progress; and

Whereas national recognition is necessary to insure that museum resources for preserving and interpreting the Nation's heritage may be more fully utilized in the enrichment of public life in the individual community: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Museum Act of 1965."

SEC. 2. That portion of the Act of July 7, 1884, concerning the furnishing to Congress of an annual report by the Director of the National Museum (23 Stat. 214; 20 U.S.C. 65) is amended to read as follows:

(1)report annually to the Congress on progress in museums and their collections and other activities, such report to be included in the Smithsonian Institution's annual report of its other operations;

(2)advise and cooperate with departments and agencies of the Government of the United States operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned with museums;

(3) cooperate with museums and their professional organizations in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities;

(4)assist museums and their professional organizations in training career employees in museum practices;