36 USC 2301: Establishment and purposes

36 USC 2301: Establishment and purposes Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000

From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSSubtitle I-Patriotic and National Observances and CeremoniesPart B-United States Government Organizations Involved with Observances and CeremoniesCHAPTER 23-UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

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§2301. Establishment and purposes

The United States Holocaust Memorial Council is an independent establishment of the United States Government. The Council shall-

(1) provide for appropriate ways for the Nation to commemorate the Days of Remembrance as an annual, national, civic commemoration of the Holocaust;

(2) encourage and sponsor appropriate observances of the Days of Remembrance throughout the United States;

(3) plan, construct, and operate a permanent living memorial museum to the victims of the Holocaust in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government as provided in section 2305 of this title; and

(4) develop a plan for carrying out the recommendations of the President's Commission on the Holocaust in its report to the President of September 27, 1979, to the extent the recommendations are not otherwise provided for in this chapter.

( Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1277 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
2301	36:1401.	Oct. 7, 1980, Pub. L. 96–388, §1, 94 Stat. 1547 ; Dec. 19, 1985, Pub. L. 99–190, §101(d) [title III, §324(1)], 99 Stat. 1267 ; Oct. 27, 1992, Pub. L. 102–529, §3(1), 106 Stat. 3463 .