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[CITE: 40USC131]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 131. Development of Washington metropolitan region; 
        necessity for coordination
        
    The Congress hereby declares that, because the District which is the 
seat of the Government of the United States and has now become the urban 
center of a rapidly expanding Washington metropolitan region, the 
necessity for the continued and effective performance of the functions 
of the Government of the United States at the seat of said Government in 
the District of Columbia, the general welfare of the District of 
Columbia and the health and living standards of the people residing or 
working therein and the conduct of industry, trade, and commerce therein 
require that the development of the District of Columbia and the 
management of its public affairs shall, to the fullest extent 
practicable be coordinated with the development of the other areas of 
the Washington metropolitan region and with the management of the public 
affairs of such other areas, and that the activities of all of the 
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government 
which may be carried out in, or in relation to, the other areas of the 
Washington metropolitan region shall, to the fullest extent practicable, 
be coordinated with the development of such other areas and with the 
management of their public affairs; all toward the end that, with the 
cooperation and assistance of the other areas of the Washington 
metropolitan region, all of the areas therein shall be so developed and 
the public affairs thereof shall be so managed as to contribute 
effectively toward the solution of the community development problems of 
the Washington metropolitan region on a unified metropolitan basis.

(Pub. L. 86-527, Sec. 2, June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 223.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 1-2101.


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-527 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
section and sections 132 to 135 of this title] may be cited as the 
`Washington Metropolitan Region Development Act'.''


                             Advisory Group

    Pub. L. 96-514, title I, Sec. 108, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2972, 
provided that: ``The Secretary is authorized to appoint an advisory 
group which may include government officials, as well as members from 
outside the government to undertake such activities as may be 
appropriate to study the effect of future growth and development on the 
beauty, historic values and other features that make the national 
capital area unique, and to recommend measures that will protect its 
values. The advisory group shall designate a chairman and shall complete 
its work and submit to the Secretary and to the Congress a report with 
its findings and recommendations within three years of the date of its 
organization. To support its activities, the advisory group may also 
receive gifts and grants from private sources. Members of the group 
shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel, per 
diem, and other reasonable expenses.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 132, 133 of this title.
