---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 57"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "57"
heading: "Disbursements"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/57"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries"
  - "Subchapter I — Charter Provisions"
---

# §57. Disbursements


Whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or performance of the contracts of the institution, incurred or entered into in conformity with the provisions of sections [41 to 46](/usc/20/41..46.md), [48](/usc/20/48.md), [50](/usc/20/50.md), [51 to 53](/usc/20/51..53.md), [54 to 57](/usc/20/54..57.md), and [67](/usc/20/67.md) of this title, or for making the purchases and executing the objects authorized by said sections, the [Board](/usc/20/4702.md?p=2) of Regents, or the executive committee thereof, may certify to the chancellor and secretary of the [board](/usc/20/4702.md?p=2) that such sum of money is required, whereupon they shall examine the same, and, if they shall approve thereof, shall certify the same to the proper [officer](/usc/20/1094.md?p=i-5) of the Treasury for payment. The [board](/usc/20/4702.md?p=2) shall submit to Congress, at each session thereof, a report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 5593.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5593 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 3, 9 Stat. 103.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this section relating to submitting a report to Congress at each session of Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 192 of House Document No. 103–7.