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Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102

§305502 Cooperative Agreement to Operate Museum

Title 54 › Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs › CHAPTER 3055 — NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM › § 305502

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary and the Administrator of General Services must make a cooperative agreement with the Committee to run the National Building Museum in the Federal building on the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street NW in Washington, D.C. The agreement must let the Committee use the site free of charge, provide upkeep, security, information, cleaning and other services as funding allows, and set reasonable terms so the Committee can carry out its duties.

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Title 54, §305502

National Park Service and Related Programs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

To provide a national center to commemorate and encourage the building arts and to preserve and maintain a nationally significant building that exemplifies the great achievements of the building arts in the United States, the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Committee for the operation of a National Building Museum in the Federal building located in the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia. The cooperative agreement shall include provisions that—
(1)make the site available to the Committee without charge;
(2)provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance, security, information, janitorial, and other services as may be necessary to ensure the preservation and operation of the site; and
(3)prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the Committee can fulfill its responsibilities under this division.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30550216 U.S.C. 470w–5(a) (1st sentence), (b).Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(a) (1st sentence), (b), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002, 3003. The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “Administrator of the General Services Administration” to use the correct title of the Administrator.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 305502

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102