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[CITE: 40USC71]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 71. Physical development of National Capital


(a) General purposes; findings

    It is the purpose of sections 71 to 71i, 72, 73, and 74 of this 
title to secure comprehensive planning for the physical development of 
the National Capital and its environs; to provide for the participation 
of the appropriate planning agencies of the environs in such planning; 
and to establish the agency and procedures requisite to the 
administration of the functions of the Federal and District of Columbia 
governments related to such planning. The Congress finds that the 
location of the seat of government in the District of Columbia has 
brought about the development of a metropolitan region extending well 
into adjoining territory in Maryland and Virginia; that effective 
comprehensive planning is necessary on a regional basis and of 
continuing importance to the Federal establishment; that the 
distribution of Federal installations throughout the region has been and 
will continue to be a major influence in determining the extent and 
character of development; that there is needed a central planning agency 
for the National Capital region to coordinate certain developmental 
activities of the many different agencies of the Federal and District 
Governments so that such activities may conform with general objectives; 
that there is an increasing mutuality of interest and responsibility 
between the various levels of government that calls for coordinate and 
unified policies in planning both Federal and local development in the 
interest of order and economy; that there are developmental problems of 
an interstate character, the planning of which requires collaboration 
between Federal, State, and local governments in the interest of equity 
and constructive action; and that the instrumentalities and procedures 
herein provided will aid in providing the Congress from time to time 
with information and advice requisite to legislation. The general 
objective of said sections is to enable appropriate agencies to plan for 
the development of the Federal establishment at the seat of government 
in a manner consistent with the nature and function of the National 
Capital and with due regard for the rights and prerogatives of the 
adjoining States and local governments to exercise control appropriate 
to their functions, and in a manner which will, in accordance with 
present and future needs, best promote public health, safety, morals, 
order, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare, as well as 
efficiency and economy in the process of development.

(b) Definitions

    As used in sections 71 to 71i, 72, 73, and 74 of this title, (1) 
``region'' or ``National Capital region'' means the District of 
Columbia; Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland; Arlington, 
Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties in Virginia; and all 
cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or Virginia within the 
geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined area of 
said counties; (2) ``environs'' means the territory surrounding the 
District of Columbia included within the National Capital region; (3) 
``National Capital'' means the District of Columbia and territory owned 
by the United States within the environs; and (4) ``planning agency'' 
means any city, county, bi-county, part-county, or regional planning 
agency authorized under State and local laws to make and adopt 
comprehensive plans whether or not its jurisdiction is exclusive or 
concurrent.

(June 6, 1924, ch. 270, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 463; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, 
Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 983; Apr. 30, 1926, ch. 198, 44 Stat. 374; May 24, 
1928, ch. 726, 45 Stat. 726; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 
1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389; July 19, 1952, ch. 949, 
Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 781.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 1-2001.


                               Amendments

    1952--Act July 19, 1952, restated the general purposes of sections 
71 to 72, 73, and 74 of this title, and substituted entirely new 
provisions for former provisions relating to creation and duties of the 
``National Capital Park and Planning Commission'' which have been 
superseded. See sections 71a to 71i of this title.
    1928--Act May 24, 1928, provided that the Director of Public 
Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital should be the 
executive and disbursing officer of said National Capital Park and 
Planning Commission.
    1926--Act Apr. 30, 1926, amended section generally to establish and 
provide for a National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and 
abolished the Highway Commission which had been established by section 2 
of act Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 197, 27 Stat. 533.
    1925--Act Feb. 26, 1925, changed the name of the officer in charge 
of public buildings and grounds to the Director of Public Buildings and 
Public Parks of the National Capital.


                      Short Title of 1952 Amendment

    Section 2 of act July 19, 1952, provided in part that: ``Sections 1 
and 2 of this Act [amending this section] may be cited as the `National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952'.''

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Ex. Ord. No. 6166, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, 
abolished Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National 
Capital and transferred functions thereof to Office of National Parks, 
Buildings and Reservations of Department of the Interior, and act Mar. 
2, 1934, changed name of latter office to National Park Service.
    Function of disbursement of moneys of United States by any agency 
except War Department, Navy Department, and Panama Canal, transferred to 
Treasury Department and, together with Office of Disbursing Clerk of 
that Department, consolidated in a Division of Disbursements, by section 
4 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166 and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934. Division of 
Disbursements consolidated in Fiscal Service by Reorg. Plan No. III of 
1940, Sec. 1(a)(3), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5. See section 306 of Title 31, Money and 
Finance.


Study Commission To Investigate and Study Sites and Plans for Facilities 
    and Services for Visitors and Students Coming to Washington, D.C.

    Pub. L. 89-790, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1424, created a Study 
Commission to make a full and complete investigation and study of sites 
and plans to provide facilities and services for visitors and students 
coming to the Nation's Capital. The Commission was directed to report 
the results of its study and investigation to Congress not later than 
Sept. 15, 1967.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 71h, 71i, 72, 72a, 74 of 
this title.
