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[CITE: 40USC1010]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
     CHAPTER 21--NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS
 
Sec. 1010. Miscellaneous provisions


(a) Documentation of design and construction to Secretary or 
        Administrator

    Complete documentation of design and construction of each 
commemorative work located in the District of Columbia and its environs 
shall be provided to the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) 
and shall be permanently maintained in the manner provided by law.

(b) Expiration of legislative authority for commemorative work

    Any legislative authority for a commemorative work shall expire at 
the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of such authority, unless the Secretary or Administrator (as 
appropriate) has issued a construction permit for the commemorative work 
during that period.

(c) Responsibility for maintenance of completed work

    Upon completion of any commemorative work within the District of 
Columbia and its environs, the Secretary or Administrator (as 
appropriate) shall assume responsibility for the maintenance of such 
work.

(d) Development of regulations or standards

    The Secretary and the Administrator shall develop appropriate 
regulations or standards to carry out this chapter.

(e) Commemorative works to which applicable

    This chapter shall not apply to commemorative works authorized by a 
law enacted before the commencement of the Ninety-ninth Congress.

(Pub. L. 99-652, Sec. 10, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3654; Pub. L. 102-
216, Sec. 1, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1666; Pub. L. 103-321, Sec. 2(g), 
Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1795.)

                       References in Text

    The commencement of the Ninety-ninth Congress, referred to in 
subsec. (e), was Jan. 3, 1985.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-321 amended subsec. (d) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: ``The Secretary and the 
Administrator shall promulgate appropriate regulations to carry out this 
chapter. The regulations shall be published in the Federal Register 
within one hundred and twenty days after November 14, 1986.''
    1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-216 substituted ``seven-year period'' 
for ``five-year period''.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 102-216 provided that: ``The amendment made by 
this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1991.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 36 section 2113.
