Title 40Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§6303 Unlawful activities

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART C— - FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, AND JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS › § 6303

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

No one who is not an authorized employee or an approved vendor may sell things, put up signs or ads, or ask for money or donations on the covered buildings and grounds. They also may not touch or handle artworks or historic or scientific displays, or climb on, remove, or damage any exhibits, display animals, equipment, seats, walls, fountains, building features, or plants and turf there.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6303

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(a)It is unlawful for anyone other than an authorized employee or concessionaire to carry out any of the following activities within the specified buildings and grounds:
(1)Offer or expose any article for sale.
(2)Display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement.
(3)Solicit alms, subscriptions, or contributions.
(b)It is unlawful for anyone—
(1)other than an authorized employee, to touch or handle objects of art or scientific or historical objects on exhibition within the specified buildings or grounds; or
(2)to step or climb on, remove, or in any way injure any object of art, exhibit (including an exhibit animal), equipment, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, within the specified buildings or grounds.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6303(a)40:193p.Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, §§ 3, 4, 65 Stat. 634. 6303(b)40:193q.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6303

Title 40Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73