§8723 — Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works | U.S. Code

§8723 Capital improvements

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter CHAPTER 87— - PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PLANNING PROCESS › § 8723

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The National Capital Planning Commission must create a six-year plan of public works projects for the federal government and review that plan every year with the agencies involved. Each federal agency must send the Commission, in the first quarter of each fiscal year, a copy of its advance capital improvements program for the National Capital and nearby areas. By February 1 each year, the Mayor of the District of Columbia must send the Commission a copy of the District’s multiyear capital improvements plan made under section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The Commission has 30 days to comment on that plan but cannot change or reject it.

Title 40, §8723

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(a)The National Capital Planning Commission shall recommend a six-year program of public works projects for the Federal Government which the Commission shall review annually with the agencies concerned. Each federal agency shall submit to the Commission in the first quarter of each fiscal year a copy of its advance program of capital improvements within the National Capital and its environs.

(b)By February 1 of each year, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Commission a copy of the multiyear capital improvements plan for the District of Columbia that the Mayor develops under section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198, 87 Stat. 800). The Commission has 30 days in which to comment on the plan but may not change or disapprove of the plan.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 872340:71f.June 6, 1924, ch. 270, § 7, as added July 19, 1952, ch. 949, § 1, 66 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 93–198, title II, § 203(f), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 782. In subsection (b), the words “District of Columbia Home Rule Act” are substituted for “District of Columbia of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act” because of section 11717(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33, 111 Stat. 786).

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 444 of Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 800, which is not classified to the Code.