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[CITE: 36USC503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
              CHAPTER 5--PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
 
Sec. 503. Use of reservations, grounds, and public spaces

    (a) Permit for Use.--With the approval of the officer having 
jurisdiction over any of the Federal reservations or grounds in the 
District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior may grant to the 
Inaugural Committee a permit to use the reservations or grounds during 
the inaugural period, including a reasonable time before and after the 
inaugural period. The Mayor of the District of Columbia may grant a 
similar permit to use public space under the Mayor's jurisdiction. Each 
permit granted under this subsection is subject to conditions the 
grantor of the permit prescribes.
    (b) Reviewing Stands and Commercial Stands and Structures.--A 
reviewing stand or a stand or structure for the sale of merchandise, 
food, or drink may be built on public grounds in the District of 
Columbia only if approved by the Inaugural Committee and by the 
Secretary or the Mayor, as appropriate.
    (c) Restoration After Inaugural Period.--After the inaugural period, 
the reservation, ground, or public space occupied by a stand or 
structure shall be restored promptly to its prior condition.
    (d) Indemnification.--The Inaugural Committee shall indemnify and 
save harmless the District of Columbia and the appropriate department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government against any 
loss or damage to, and against any liability arising from the use of, 
the reservation, ground, or public space, by the Inaugural Committee or 
a licensee of the Inaugural Committee.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1264.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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503(a)................................  36:724 (1st, 2d sentences).      Aug. 6
, 1956, ch. 974, Sec.  4, 70
                                                                          Stat.
 1049.
                                        36:730.                          Aug. 6
, 1956, ch. 974, Sec.  10, as
                                                                          added
 Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90-251,
                                                                          Sec. 
 4, 82 Stat. 4.
503(b)................................  36:724 (3d sentence).
                                        36:730.
503(c)................................  36:724 (4th sentence).
503(d)................................  36:724 (last sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``restrictions, terms, and'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The word ``prescribes'' is substituted for 
``imposed'' for consistency in the revised title and with other titles 
of the United States Code.
    In subsection (b), the words ``With respect to public space'', 
``goods, wares'', ``sidewalk, street, park, reservation, or other'', and 
``depending on the location of such stand or structure'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (d), the words ``department, agency, or 
instrumentality'' are substituted for ``agency'' for consistency in the 
revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words 
``or agencies'' are omitted because of 1:1.
