recommend annual operating budgets for the National Museum to the Board of Regents;

advise and assist the Board of Regents on all matters relating to the administration, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the National Museum;

adopt bylaws for the Board of Trustees;

designate a chairman and other officers from among the members of the Board of trustees; 1 and

report annually to the Board of Regents on the acquisition, disposition, and display of Native American objects and artifacts and on other appropriate matters.

lend, exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of any part of the collections of the National Museum, with the proceeds of such transactions to be used for additions to the collections of the National Museum or additions to the endowment of the National Museum, as the case may be;

purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire artifacts and other objects for addition to the collections of the Natural Museum; and

specify criteria for use of the collections of the National Museum for appropriate purposes, including research, evaluation, education, and method of display.

provide for restoration, preservation, and maintenance of the collections of the National Museum;

solicit funds for the National Museum and determine the purposes to which such funds shall be applied; and

approve expenditures from the endowment of the National Museum for any purpose of the Museum.