Title 40Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60

§6303 Unlawful Activities

Title 40 › Subtitle 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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who are not authorized employees or concessionaires must not sell things, show ads, or ask people for money, donations, or subscriptions inside those buildings or on their grounds. Only authorized employees may touch or handle artworks or scientific or historical items on display. No one may step on, climb on, remove, or damage any artwork, exhibit (including animals on exhibit), equipment, seats, walls, fountains, other building features, trees, shrubs, plants, or turf in the buildings or on the grounds.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6303

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(a)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)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 40Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60