PRIA Logo™
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§8907 Temporary Site Designation

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART D — PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › CHAPTER 89 — NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS › § 8907

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior, after talking with the National Capital Memorial Commission, may set aside a temporary site on federal land in Washington, D.C., for showing commemorative works if the Secretary finds it needed to help protect the limited open space for residents and visitors. At least 120 days before making the site official, the Secretary must send Congress a plan that says where the site will be, how it will be built and run, and the rules for displays. Anyone who puts up a commemorative work must pay to install, care for, and remove it, accept all risk, and agree to pay the United States for any legal claims that come from the display.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §8907

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

(a)Criterion for Designation.—
If the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Capital Memorial Commission, determines that a site where commemorative works may be displayed on a temporary basis is necessary to aid in the preservation of the limited amount of open space available to residents of, and visitors to, the Nation’s Capital, a site may be designated on land the Secretary administers in the District of Columbia.
(b)Plan.—
A designation may be made under subsection (a) only if, at least 120 days before the designation, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, prepares and submits to Congress a plan for the site. The plan shall include specifications for the location, construction, and administration of the site and criteria for displaying commemorative works at the site.
(c)Risk and Agreement To Indemnify.—
A commemorative work displayed at the site shall be installed, maintained, and removed at the sole expense and risk of the person authorized to display the work. The person shall agree to indemnify the United States for any liability arising from the display of the commemorative work under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8907(a)40:1009(a) (1st sentence).Pub. L. 99–652, § 9, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3653; Pub. L. 103–321, § 2(f), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1795. 8907(b)40:1009(a) (2d, last sentences). 8907(c)40:1009(b).

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 8907

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110