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§76s Definitions

Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter V— JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS › § 76s

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines the exact land in the District of Columbia that counts as the John F. Kennedy Center “building and site” and “grounds.” Those terms mean the land where the Center sits, bounded on the east by the west face of the Inner Loop Freeway retaining walls and curbs, on the south by the north face of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approach retaining walls and curbs, on the west by the east face of Rock Creek Parkway retaining walls and curbs, and on the north by the south curbs of New Hampshire Avenue and F Street. The area is shown on map number 844/82563 dated April 20, 1994, amended by map 844/82563A dated May 22, 1997, and kept for public inspection at the National Capital Region office of the National Park Service. When the Kennedy Center Plaza project (authorized by section 76q–1) is finished, the Board must work with the Secretary of Transportation to update the map on file.

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Title 20, §76s

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As used in this subchapter, the terms “building and site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” and “grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” refer to the site in the District of Columbia on which the John F. Kennedy Center building is constructed and that extends to the line of the west face of the west retaining walls and curbs of the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the north face of the north retaining walls and curbs of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, the east face of the east retaining walls and curbs of Rock Creek Parkway on the west, and the south curbs of New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Transfer of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, numbered 844/82563, and dated April 20, 1994 (as amended by the map entitled “Transfer of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, numbered 844/82563A and dated May 22, 1997), which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Upon completion of the project for establishment of the John F. Kennedy Center Plaza authorized by section 76q–1 of this title, the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall amend the map that is on file and available for public inspection under the preceding sentence.

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Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–224, § 4(b), inserted at end: “Upon completion of the project for establishment of the John F. Kennedy Center Plaza authorized by section 76q–1 of this title, the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall amend the map that is on file and available for public inspection under the preceding sentence.” 1997—Pub. L. 105–95 inserted “(as amended by the map entitled ‘Transfer of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’, numbered 844/82563A and dated
May 22, 1997)” after “
April 20, 1994”.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 76s

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60