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[CITE: 40USC13p]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 13p. Area of Supreme Court grounds

    For the purposes of sections 13f to 13p of this title the Supreme 
Court grounds shall be held to extend to the line of the face of the 
east curb of First Street Northeast, between Maryland Avenue Northeast 
and East Capitol Street; to the line of the face of the south curb of 
Maryland Avenue Northeast, between First Street Northeast and Second 
Street Northeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Second 
Street Northeast, between Maryland Avenue Northeast and East Capitol 
Street; and to the line of the face of the north curb of East Capitol 
Street between First Street Northeast and Second Street Northeast. In 
addition to the property referred to in the preceding sentence, for the 
purposes of sections 13f to 13p of this title, the Supreme Court grounds 
are comprised of any property under the custody and control of the 
Supreme Court as part of the Supreme Court grounds, including property 
acquired as provided by law on behalf of the United States in lots 2, 3, 
800, 801, and 802 in square 758 in the District of Columbia as an 
addition to the grounds of the United States Supreme Court Building.

(Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, Sec. 11, 63 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 97-390, 
Sec. 1(d), Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1958.)


                               Amendments

    1982--Pub. L. 97-390 inserted provision that in addition to the 
property already referred to, for the purposes of sections 13f to 13p of 
this title, the Supreme Court grounds are comprised of any property 
under the custody and control of the Supreme Court as part of the 
Supreme Court grounds, including property acquired as provided by law on 
behalf of the United States in lots 2, 3, 800, 801, and 802 in square 
758 in the District of Columbia as an addition to the grounds of the 
United States Supreme Court Building.


   United States Supreme Court Building; Acquisition of Certain Real 
                                Property

    Pub. L. 96-532, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3130, as amended by Pub. L. 
97-390, Sec. 3, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1958, provided: ``That the 
Architect of the Capitol is authorized to acquire on behalf of the 
United States by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, as an 
addition to the grounds of the United States Supreme Court Building, all 
privately owned real property contained in lots 2, 3, 800, 801, and 802 
in square 758 in the District of Columbia, as such lots appear on the 
records in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 15, 1980].
    ``Sec. 2. The acquisition of real property under this Act shall be 
conducted in accordance with the Act entitled `Uniform Relocation 
Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970', Public Law 91-
646, approved January 2, 1971 [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.], and any 
proceeding for condemnation brought in its course shall be conducted in 
accordance with the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the acquisition 
of land in the District of Columbia for the use of the United States', 
approved March 1, 1929 (16 D.C. Code, secs. 1351-1368).
    ``Sec. 3. Upon acquisition of such real property by the Architect of 
the Capitol, on behalf of the United States, such property shall become 
a part of the grounds of the United States Supreme Court Building and 
shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Act entitled `An Act to 
provide for the custody and maintenance of the United States Supreme 
Court Building and the equipment and grounds thereof', approved May 7, 
1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13c), and section 6 of the joint resolution entitled 
`Joint resolution to provide for the use and disposition of the bequest 
of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes to the United States, and for 
other purposes', approved October 22, 1940 (40 U.S.C. 13e).
    ``Sec. 4. The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to enter into 
contracts and to make expenditures for grading and paving and such other 
expenditures, including expenditures for personal and other services, as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
    ``Sec. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of 
$645,000 for fiscal year 1981 for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of this Act, said appropriation to remain available until 
expended.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13n, 136 of this title.
