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

§8737 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART D — PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › CHAPTER 87 — PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION › SUBCHAPTER IV — ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF LAND › § 8737

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows up to one cent per resident of the continental U.S., as shown by the last decennial census, to be provided each year in the D.C. Appropriation Act for the National Capital Planning Commission to pay its expenses and buy land under section 8731; funds come from D.C. revenues and the Treasury.

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Title 40, §8737

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An amount equal to not more than one cent for each inhabitant of the continental United States as determined by the last preceding decennial census may be appropriated each year in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the National Capital Planning Commission to use for the payment of its expenses and for the acquisition of land the Commission may acquire under section 8731 of this title for the purposes named, including compensation for the land, surveys, ascertainment of title, condemnation proceedings, and necessary conveyancing. The appropriated amounts shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the general amounts of the Treasury in the same proportion as other expenses of the District of Columbia.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 873740:73 (1st, 2d sentences).June 6, 1924, ch. 270, § 12 (1st, 2d sentences), formerly § 3 (1st, 2d sentences), 43 Stat. 463; renumbered § 12, July 19, 1952, ch. 949, § 2 (1st sentence), 66 Stat. 791.

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40 U.S.C. § 8737

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102