20 U.S.C. § 81
Administration by Regents of Smithsonian Institution
The National Zoological Park is placed under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to transfer to it any living specimens, whether of animals or plants, in their charge, to accept gifts for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer and improve the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1997–1997 · leading case: Margaret Dong v. Smithsonian Inst., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 125 F.3d 877 (D.C. Cir. 1997).
Margaret Dong v. Smithsonian Inst., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 125 F.3d 877 (D.C. Cir. 1997). “In addition to the "on-campus” police powers mentioned above, Congress has delegated to the Smithsonian control over certain cultural and research facilities such as the National Zoo, see 20 U.S.C. § 81 , and the Canal Zone Biological Area, a 4000-acre tropical forest on Barro…”
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