Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§6303 Unlawful Activities

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART C — FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › CHAPTER 63 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, AND JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS › § 6303

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People must not sell things, put up signs, or ask for money or donations inside the designated buildings and grounds unless they are an authorized employee or an approved concessionaire. Only authorized employees may touch or handle art, scientific, or historical items on display. No one may step on, climb, remove, or damage any artwork, exhibit (including exhibit animals), equipment, seating, walls, fountains, other structures, trees, shrubs, plants, or turf in those buildings and grounds.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6303

Public Buildings, Property, and Works, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Displays and Solicitations.—
It is unlawful for anyone other than an authorized employee or concessionaire to carry out any of the following activities within the specified buildings and grounds:
(1)Offer or expose any article for sale.
(2)Display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement.
(3)Solicit alms, subscriptions, or contributions.
(b)Touching of, or Injuries to, Property.—
It is unlawful for anyone—
(1)other than an authorized employee, to touch or handle objects of art or scientific or historical objects on exhibition within the specified buildings or grounds; or
(2)to step or climb on, remove, or in any way injure any object of art, exhibit (including an exhibit animal), equipment, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, within the specified buildings or grounds.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6303(a)40:193p.Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, §§ 3, 4, 65 Stat. 634. 6303(b)40:193q.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6303

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110