Section, [act Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 3], [60 Stat. 998], directed Secretary of Smithsonian Institution to investigate and survey suitable lands and buildings for selection as a site for national air museum and to make recommendations to Congress.
Construction Plans; Location; Design; Supervision of Drawings and Specifications; Construction; Authorization and Transfer of Appropriations[Pub. L. 85–935], Sept. 6, 1958, [72 Stat. 1794], as amended by [Pub. L. 89–509], §§ 12, 13, July 19, 1966, [80 Stat. 311], 312, authorized and directed Regents of Smithsonian Institution to prepare plans and to construct a building for a National Air and Space Museum at a certain site with exact location to be approved by National Capital Planning Commission and design to be approved by Commission of Fine Arts and with supervision of work to be by Administrator of General Services Administration and also appropriated such sums as were necessary to carry out the work.