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2000 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Sec. 193j - Suspension of prohibitions against use of grounds

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Sec. 193j - Suspension of prohibitions against use of grounds
Containssection 193j
Date2000
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 2, 2001
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJuly 31, 1946, ch. 707, §11, 60 Stat. 719.
Statutes at Large Reference60 Stat. 719


§193j. Suspension of prohibitions against use of grounds

In order to admit of the due observance within the United States Capitol Grounds of occasions of national interest becoming the cognizance and entertainment of Congress, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, acting concurrently, are authorized to suspend for such proper occasions so much of the prohibitions contained in sections 193b to 193g of this title as would prevent the use of the roads and walks of the said grounds by processions or assemblages, and the use upon them of suitable decorations, music, addresses, and ceremonies: Provided, That responsible officers shall have been appointed, and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the judgment of said President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and for guarding the Capitol and its grounds from injury.

(July 31, 1946, ch. 707, §11, 60 Stat. 719.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 136, 174b–1, 184a, 193g, 193h, 193i, 193k, 193l, 193m, 212a of this title.

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