Reading Room Document

The Status of the Smithsonian Institution Under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act

The Smithsonian Institution is an "independent establishment in the executive branch" and is therefore an "executive agency" for purposes of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24096/download.

June 30, 1988