--- kind: "section" citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7772" title: "10" title_heading: "Armed Forces" number: "7772" heading: "Heritage Center for the National Museum of the United States Army: development and operation" release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7772" units: - "Subtitle B — Army" - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement" - "Chapter 779 — Real Property" --- # §7772. Heritage Center for the National Museum of the United States Army: development and operation - (a) **Agreement for Development of Center.—** The Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) may enter into an agreement with the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation, a nonprofit organization, for the design, construction, and operation of a [facility](/usc/10/227.md?p=b-2) or group of [facilities](/usc/10/227.md?p=b-2) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for the National Museum of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Army](/usc/10/7001.md). The [facility](/usc/10/227.md?p=b-2) or group of [facilities](/usc/10/227.md?p=b-2) constructed pursuant to the agreement shall be known as the Heritage Center for the National Museum of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) (in this section referred to as the “Center”). - (b) **Purpose of Center.—** The Center shall be used for the identification, curation, storage, and public viewing of artifacts and artwork of significance to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Army](/usc/10/7001.md), as agreed to by the Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md). The Center may also be used to support such education, training, research, and associated purposes as the Secretary considers appropriate. - (c) **Design and Construction.—** - (1) The design of the Center shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md). - (2) For each phase of the development of the Center, the Secretary may— - (A) accept [funds](/usc/10/2871.md?p=6) and in-kind gifts, including services, construction materials, and equipment used in construction, from the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation and other persons for the design and construction of such phase of the Center; or - (B) permit the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation to contract for the design and construction of such phase of the Center. - (d) **Acceptance by Secretary.—** Upon the satisfactory completion, as determined by the Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md), of any phase of the Center, and upon the satisfaction of any financial obligations incident to such phase of the Center by the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation, the Secretary shall accept such phase of the Center from the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation, and all right, title, and interest in and to such phase of the Center shall vest in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1). Upon becoming the property of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1), the Secretary shall assume administrative jurisdiction over the Center. - (e) **Use of Certain Gifts.—** - (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md), the Commander of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Center of Military History may, without regard to [section 2601 of this title](/usc/10/2601.md), accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of personal property of a value of $250,000 or less made to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) if such gift, devise, or bequest is for the benefit of the National Museum of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) or the Center. - (2) The Secretary may [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) or authorize the payment of any reasonable and necessary expense in connection with the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under this subsection. - (f) **Lease of Facility.—** - (1) Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) considers appropriate, the Secretary may lease portions of the Center to the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation to be used by the Foundation, consistent with the purpose of the Center, for— - (A) generating revenue for activities of the Center through rental use by the public, commercial and nonprofit entities, [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) and local governments, and other Federal [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1); and - (B) such administrative purposes as may be necessary for the support of the Center. - (2) The annual amount of consideration paid to the Secretary by the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) Historical Foundation for a lease under [paragraph (1)](#f-1) may not exceed an amount equal to the actual cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the annual operations and maintenance of the Center. - (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall use amounts paid under [paragraph (2)](#f-2) to cover the costs of operation of the Center. - (g) **Additional Terms and Conditions.—** The Secretary of the [Army](/usc/10/7001.md) may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the agreement authorized by [subsection (a)](#a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1). ## Source credit (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2130, § 4772; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2851, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3713; renumbered § 7772, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Amendments 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4772 of this title as this section. 2014—Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “accept funds and in-kind gifts, including services, construction materials, and equipment used in construction, from the Army Historical Foundation and other persons” for “accept funds from the Army Historical Foundation”. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.