20 U.S.C. § 73

Acceptance of gift from A. W. Mellon

Upon completion of the National Gallery of Art, the board shall accept for the Smithsonian Institution as a gift from the donor a collection of works of art which shall be housed and exhibited in the National Gallery of Art.

( Mar. 24, 1937, ch. 50, § 3 , 50 Stat. 52 .)