Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§305501 Definitions

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3055— - NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM › § 305501

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two words used in the chapter. "Building arts" means the hands-on work and study of many building-related fields, including old and modern architecture, archaeology, construction and building technology, landscape architecture, preservation and conservation, engineering, urban and community design, city and regional planning, and related trades and crafts. "Committee" means the Committee for a National Museum of the Building Arts, Incorporated, a nonprofit formed under District of Columbia law, or its successor.

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Title 54, §305501

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(1)The term “building arts” includes all practical and scholarly aspects of prehistoric, historic, and contemporary architecture, archeology, construction, building technology and skills, landscape architecture, preservation and conservation, building and construction, engineering, urban and community design and renewal, city and regional planning, and related professions, skills, trades, and crafts.

(2)The term “Committee” means the Committee for a National Museum of the Building Arts, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the District of Columbia, or its successor.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30550116 U.S.C. 470w–5(f).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(f), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3003.

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54 U.S.C. § 305501

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73