Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-102

§6711 Definition

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART C — FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › CHAPTER 67 — PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT › § 6711

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines the "development area" as the land to be developed, maintained, and used under this subchapter and the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972. It is the area in Northwest Washington, D.C., surrounded by a loop of streets and intersections that includes Fifteenth Street NW, E Street NW, Thirteenth Street NW, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Third Street NW, C Street NW, Sixth Street NW, Seventh Street NW, Ninth Street NW, F Street NW, East Executive Avenue NW, and South Executive Place NW.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6711

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In this subchapter, the term “development area” means the area to be developed, maintained, and used in accordance with this subchapter and the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–578, 86 Stat. 1266) and is the area bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the southwest corner of the intersection of Fifteenth Street and E Street Northwest; thence proceeding east along the southern side of E Street to the southwest corner of the intersection of Thirteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest; thence southeast along the southern side of Pennsylvania Avenue to a point being the southeast corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Third Street Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Third Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of C Street and Third Street Northwest; thence west along the northern side of C Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of C Street and Sixth Street Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Sixth Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of E Street and Sixth Street Northwest; thence west along the northern side of E Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of E Street and Seventh Street Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Seventh Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of Seventh Street and F Street Northwest; thence west along the northern side of F Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of F Street and Ninth Street Northwest; thence south along the western side of Ninth Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of Ninth Street and E Street Northwest; thence west along the northern side of E Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of E Street and Thirteenth Street Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Thirteenth Street to the northeast corner of the intersection of F Street and Thirteenth Street Northwest; thence west along the northern side of F Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of F Street and Fifteenth Street Northwest; thence north along the western side of Fifteenth Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street Northwest; thence west along the southern side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the southeast corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and East Executive Avenue Northwest; thence south along the eastern side of East Executive Avenue to the intersection of South Executive Place and E Street Northwest; thence east along the southern side of E Street to the point of beginning.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 671140:871.Pub. L. 92–578, § 2, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1266. The text of 40:871(a)–(e) is omitted as obsolete. The words “being the southwest corner of the intersection of Fifteenth Street and E Street Northwest” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–578, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1266, which was classified to chapter 19 (§ 871 et seq.) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, prior to repeal and reenactment as section 6701 of this title and this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6711

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102