---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 56"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "56"
heading: "Disposal of unappropriated money"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/56"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries"
  - "Subchapter I — Charter Provisions"
---

# §56. Disposal of unappropriated money


The Regents are authorized to make such disposal of any other moneys which have accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest upon the Smithsonian [fund](/usc/20/4702.md?p=3), not herein appropriated, or not required for the purposes herein provided, as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 5592.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5592 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 9, 9 Stat. 105.