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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§511 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A — Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 5 — PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES › § 511

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Authorizes needed money so the Mayor of the District of Columbia can pay for extra city services during the inaugural period. That money can be used for hiring temporary workers (even if normal federal hiring rules don’t apply), travel for enforcement staff from other places, renting transportation, meals for police, firefighters, and other city workers, moving streetcar platforms, building and running temporary restrooms, first-aid and information booths, and other small expenses the Mayor approves. Also authorizes money for the Secretary of the Interior to provide meals for members of the United States Park Police during the inaugural period. Payments for the Mayor’s costs follow normal District of Columbia rules; payments for the Park Police follow normal Department of the Interior rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §511

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authorization.—
Necessary amounts are authorized to be appropriated—
(1)to enable the Mayor of the District of Columbia to provide additional municipal services in the District of Columbia during the inaugural period, including—
(A)employment of personal services without regard to chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5;
(B)travel expenses of enforcement personnel, including sanitarians, from other jurisdictions;
(C)the hiring of the means of transportation;
(D)meals for policemen, firemen, and other municipal employees;
(E)the cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms, construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; and
(F)other incidental expenses in the discretion of the Mayor; and
(2)to enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide meals for the members of the United States Park Police during the inaugural period.
(b)Payment.—
Amounts appropriated under—
(1)subsection (a)(1) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia; and
(2)subsection (a)(2) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the Department of the Interior.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 510(a)36:723 (less words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas).Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 3, 70 Stat. 1049; Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 2, 82 Stat. 4. 36:730.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. 510(b)36:723 (words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas). In subsection (a)(1)(A), the words “chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” are substituted for “the civil-service and classification laws” for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–155 renumbered section 510 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–155, effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402 of Pub. L. 107–155, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2002 Amendment;

Regulations

note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

36 U.S.C. § 511

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110