1994 US Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Sec. 193v - Buildings and grounds” defined

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§193v. “Buildings and grounds” defined

For the purpose of sections 193n to 193x of this title “buildings and grounds” shall mean—

(1) The Smithsonian Institution and its grounds which shall be construed to include the following:

(A) the Smithsonian Building, the Arts and Industries Building, the Freer Gallery of Art Building, the Air and Space Building, the Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of American History Building, and all other buildings of the Smithsonian Institution within the Mall, including the entrance walks, unloading areas, and other pertinent service roads and parking areas;

(B) the National Zoological Park comprising all the buildings, streets, service roads, walks, and other areas within the boundary fence of the National Zoological Park in the District of Columbia and including the public space between the said fence and the face of the curb lines of the adjacent city streets; and

(C) all buildings, service roads, walks, and other areas within the exterior boundaries of any real estate or land or interest in land (including temporary use) which shall hereafter be acquired by the Smithsonian Institution by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise, when determined by the Secretary of the Institution to be necessary for the adequate protection of persons or property therein and suitable for administration as a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

(2) The National Gallery of Art and its grounds, which shall be held to extend (A) to the line of the face of the south curb of Constitution Avenue Northwest, between Seventh Street Northwest, and Fourth Street Northwest, to the line of the face of the west curb of Fourth Street Northwest, between Constitution Avenue Northwest, and Madison Drive Northwest; to the line of the face of the north curb of Madison Drive Northwest, between Fourth Street Northwest, and Seventh Street Northwest; and to the line of the face of the east curb of Seventh Street Northwest, between Madison Drive Northwest, and Constitution Avenue Northwest; (B) to the line of the face of the south curb of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, between Fourth Street and Third Street Northwest, to the line of the face of the west curb of Third Street Northwest, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Drive Northwest, to the line of the face of the north curb of Madison Drive Northwest, between Third Street and Fourth Street Northwest, and to the line of the face of the east curb of Fourth Street Northwest, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Drive Northwest,1 and (C) to the line of the face of the south curb of Constitution Avenue Northwest, between Ninth Street Northwest and Seventh Street Northwest; to the line of the face of the west curb of Seventh Street Northwest, between Constitution Avenue Northwest and Madison Drive Northwest; to the line of the face of the north curb of Madison Drive Northwest, between Seventh Street Northwest and the line of the face of the east side of the east retaining wall of the Ninth Street Expressway Northwest; and to the line of the face of the east side of the east retaining wall of the Ninth Street Expressway Northwest, between Madison Drive Northwest and Constitution Avenue Northwest.

(3) The site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which shall be held to extend to the line of the west face of the west retaining walls and curbs of the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the north face of the north retaining walls and curbs of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, the east face of the east retaining walls and curbs of Rock Creek Parkway on the west, and the south curbs of New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Transfer of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, numbered 844/82563, and dated April 20, 1994, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, §9, 65 Stat. 635; Aug. 1, 1964, Pub. L. 88–391, §3, 78 Stat. 366; July 5, 1968, Pub. L. 90–376, §3, 82 Stat. 286; Oct. 13, 1980, Pub. L. 96–441, §3, 94 Stat. 1884; Aug. 7, 1992, Pub. L. 102–336, 106 Stat. 864; July 21, 1994, Pub. L. 103–279, §9(c), 108 Stat. 1417.)

Amendments

1994—Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–279 added par. (3).

1992—Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 102–336 added cl. (C).

1968—Par. (2). Pub. L. 90–376 designated existing provisions as cl. (A) and added cl. (B).

1964—Pub. L. 88–391 amended section generally, and among other changes, redescribed buildings and grounds of the Smithsonian Institution and provided for inclusion of future acquisitions of land and buildings.

Change of Name

“National Museum of American History” substituted for “Museum of History and Technology” in par. (1)(A), effective Oct. 14, 1980, pursuant to section 3 of Pub. L. 96–441 which is set out as a note under section 71 of Title 20, Education.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 193n of this title.

1 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.