§8902 — Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines what kinds of memorials are covered, where the rules apply, and who can sponsor them. A commemorative work means things like statues, monuments, sculptures, memorials, plaques, inscriptions, or landscape features (for example a garden or memorial grove) meant to permanently remember a person, group, event, or other important part of American history. It does not include items inside a building or a building used mainly for other purposes. The “District of Columbia and its environs” refers to lands run by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration in the Reserve, Area I, and Area II shown on the map titled Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs, number 869/86501 B, dated June 24, 2003. The “Reserve” is the Mall’s main cross-axis from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial as shown on that map. A “sponsor” is a public agency or an individual or organization that meets section 501(c)(3) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and that Congress has authorized to establish a commemorative work in that area. The chapter does not apply to works authorized by a law enacted before January 3, 1985.

Title 40, §8902

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(a)In this chapter:

(1)The term “commemorative work” means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event or other significant element of American history, except that the term does not include any such item which is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for other purposes.

(2)The term “the District of Columbia and its environs” means those lands and properties administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration located in the Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the map entitled “Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs”, numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003.

(3)The term “Reserve” means the great cross-axis of the Mall, which generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial, as depicted on the map referenced in paragraph (2).

(4)The term “sponsor” means a public agency, or an individual, group or organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, and which is authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.

(b)This chapter does not apply to commemorative works authorized by a law enacted before January 3, 1985.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8902(a)40:1002.Pub. L. 99–652, § 2, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3650; Pub. L. 103–321, § 2(a), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1793. 8902(b)40:1010(e).Pub. L. 99–652, § 10(e), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3654. In subsection (a), the text of 40:1002(a) and (b) is omitted as unnecessary because the complete names of the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services are used the first time the terms appear in a section. In subsection (a)(3), the words “notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “General Services Administration” because of section 101(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (ch. 288, 63 Stat. 379), which is restated as section 302(a) of the revised title. In subsection (b), the words “January 3, 1985” are substituted for “the commencement of the Ninety-ninth Congress” for clarity.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is classified to section 501 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–126 added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “In this chapter, the following definitions apply: “(1) Commemorative work.—The term ‘commemorative work’— “(A) means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event or other significant element of American history; but “(B) does not include an item described in subclause (A) that is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for other purposes. “(2) Person.—The term ‘person’ means— “(A) a public agency; and “(B) an individual, group or organization— “(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the Code (26 U.S.C. 501(a)); and “(ii) authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. “(3) The district of columbia and its environs.—The term ‘the District of Columbia and its environs’ means land and property located in Areas I and II as depicted on the map numbered 869/86581, and dated May 1, 1986, that the National Park Service and the Administrator of General Services administer.”

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Effective Date

of 2003 Amendment

Amendments

by Pub. L. 108–126 not applicable to a commemorative work for which a site was approved in accordance with this chapter prior to Nov. 17, 2003, see section 205 of Pub. L. 108–126, set out as a note under section 8901 of this title.

§8902 Definitions and Nonapplication

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