Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§505 Extension of Wires Along Parade Routes
Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A — Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 5 — PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES › § 505
Summary
The Mayor of D.C., the Secretary of the Interior, and the Inaugural Committee can let communications companies string temporary overhead wires to spots along the parade route if those spots help with the parade or inaugural events. Those wires must be taken down within 10 days after the inaugural period ends.
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Title 36, §505
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Inaugural Committee may allow communications companies to extend overhead wires to places along a parade route that are considered convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes. The wires shall be removed not later than 10 days after the inaugural period ends.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50536:727.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 7, 70 Stat. 1050. 36:730.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. The words “communications companies” are substituted for “telegraph, telephone, radio-broadcasting, and television companies” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 505
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102