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 94 STAT. 2592

20 USC 964. 20 USC 964.

eompetitive service employees. 20 USC 964. 5 USC 101. 5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331.

5 USC 5332 note. contracts and cooperative agreements.

"Professional museum organization."

Review and evaluation procedures.

PUBLIC LAW 96-496—DEC. 4, 1980

(b) Section 204(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 963(a)(2)(A)(v)) is amended by striking out "Commissioner of Education" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Education'*. (c)(1) Section 205(a)(2) of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 963(a)(2)) is amended by striking out "to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare' and inserting in lieu thereof "directly to the Secretary of Education". (2) Section 205(b) of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 963(b)) is amended by striking out "Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department of Education". (3) Section 205 of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 963) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) The Director may appoint without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service and may compensate without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates not to exceed one-fifth of the number of full-time regular technical or professional employees of the Institute. The rate of basic compensation for such employees may not equal or exceed the rate prescribed for GS-16 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.". (d)(1) Section 206 of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 965) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b)(1) The Director, subject to the policy direction of the National Museum Services Board, is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with professional museum organizations to provide financial assistance to such organizations in order to enable such organizations to undertake projects designed to strengthen museum services, except that any contracts or cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts. "(2)(A) No financial assistance may be provided under this subsection for any project for a period in excess of one year. "(B) No financial assistance may be provided under this subsection to pay for the operational expenses of any professional museum organization. '(3) The aggregate amount of financial assistance made under this subsection to professional museum organizations shall not exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated under this Act for such fiscal year. "(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'professional museum organization' means a private, nonprofit professional museumrelated organization, institution, or association which engages in activities designed to advance the well-being of museums and the museum profession.". (2) Section 206(c) of the Museum Services Act, as so redesignated in paragraph (1), is amended— (A) by inserting ", contracts, and cooperative agreements" after "Grants"; (B) by inserting "or financial assistance" after "grant"; and (C) by inserting "or financial assistance" after "grants". (3) Section 206 of the Museum Services Act, as amended in paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) The Director shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements made or

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