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

§6305 Suspension of Regulations

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 › § 6305

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Leaders of the Smithsonian, the National Gallery, and the Kennedy Center (or people they name) may temporarily lift certain bans so approved services, training, or ceremonies can happen on their grounds, but only if officers are appointed and plans exist to keep order and protect people and property.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6305

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To allow authorized services, training programs, and ceremonies in the specified buildings and grounds, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, and the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (or their designees) may suspend for their respective agencies any of the prohibitions contained in section 6302 and 6303 of this title as may be necessary for the occasion or circumstance if—

(1)responsible officers have been appointed; and

(2)the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, and the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (or their designees) determine that adequate arrangements have been made—

(A)to maintain suitable order and decorum in the proceedings; and

(B)to protect the specified buildings and grounds and persons and property in those buildings and on those grounds.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 630540:193u.Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, § 8, 65 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 103–279, § 9(b), July 21, 1994, 108 Stat. 1416. Before clause (1), the words “or their designees” are substituted for “or their designated representatives” for consistency in the revised section.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6305

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60