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

§6904 Acquisition, Maintenance, and Use of Property

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART C — FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › CHAPTER 69 — UNION STATION REDEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — UNION STATION COMPLEX › § 6904

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation can acquire land, easements, reservations, or other property interests, including contract rights, in or next to the Union Station complex if needed to carry out this part of the law. The Secretary can keep, use, run, manage, and lease any property obtained—either directly, by contract, or through development agreements—under whatever terms are needed to meet the law’s goals.

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Title 40, §6904

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

(a)Acquisition.—
The Secretary of Transportation may acquire for the Federal Government an interest in real property (including easements or reservations) and any other property interest (including contract rights) in or relating or adjacent to the Union Station complex that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(b)Maintenance and Use.—
The Secretary may maintain, use, operate, manage, and lease, either directly, by contract, or through development agreements, any property interest the Secretary holds or acquires for the Government under this subchapter in the manner and subject to the terms, conditions, covenants, and easements that the Secretary considers necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6904(a)40:816(a)(1).Pub. L. 90–264, title I, § 116(a)(1), (b), as added Pub. L. 97–125, § 3(3), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1671. 6904(b)40:816(b). In subsection (a), the words “by lease, purchase, or otherwise”, “without limitation”, and “interests in the nature of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6904

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110