Title 54National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§305502 Cooperative agreement to operate museum

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 3055— - NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM › § 305502

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary and the Administrator of General Services must enter a cooperative agreement with the Committee to operate the National Building Museum in the federal building on the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. The agreement must let the Committee use the site without charge, provide—if funds are available—maintenance, security, information, cleaning, and other services needed to keep and run the site, and set reasonable rules the Committee must follow to carry out its responsibilities.

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Title 54, §305502

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To provide a national center to commemorate and encourage the building arts and to preserve and maintain a nationally significant building that exemplifies the great achievements of the building arts in the United States, the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Committee for the operation of a National Building Museum in the Federal building located in the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia. The cooperative agreement shall include provisions that—
(1)make the site available to the Committee without charge;
(2)provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance, security, information, janitorial, and other services as may be necessary to ensure the preservation and operation of the site; and
(3)prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the Committee can fulfill its responsibilities under this division.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30550216 U.S.C. 470w–5(a) (1st sentence), (b).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(a) (1st sentence), (b), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002, 3003. The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “Administrator of the General Services Administration” to use the correct title of the Administrator.

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54 U.S.C. § 305502

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73