
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 40USC801]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
     CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER FACILITIES; UNION STATION 
                  REDEVELOPMENT; CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--UNION STATION
 
                     Part A--National Visitor Center
 
Sec. 801. National Visitor Center; designation; parking 
        facility; authorization of agreements and leases for use of 
        Union Station
        
    The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this chapter referred to 
as the ``Secretary''), in consultation with the Administrator of General 
Services (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the 
``Administrator''), is authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements 
and leases with The Washington Terminal Company, its successors or 
assigns (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the ``Company''), the 
owner of the property in the District of Columbia known as Union 
Station, for use of all or a part of such property for a national 
visitor center to be known as the National Visitor Center and a parking 
facility in connection therewith.

(Pub. L. 90-264, title I, Sec. 101, Mar. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 43.)


                      Short Title of 1981 Amendment

    Pub. L. 97-125, Sec. 1, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1667, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting part B (Sec. 811 et seq.) of this subchapter, 
amending section 802 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as 
notes under section 811 of this title and section 582 of Title 45, 
Railroads] may be cited as the `Union Station Redevelopment Act of 
1981'.''


                      Short Title of 1980 Amendment

    Pub. L. 96-610, Sec. 1, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3564, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting section 809 of this title and provisions set 
out as a note under section 802 of this title] may be cited as the 
`National Visitor Center Emergency Repair Act of 1980'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-264 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter and provisions set out as a note under section 804 of this 
title] may be cited as the `National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 
1968'.''


    Capitol Grounds; Erection of Flagpoles and Improvement of Traffic

    Pub. L. 94-320, June 25, 1976, 90 Stat. 711, provided: ``That, 
subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol and to such 
conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized to make such use of that portion of the United States Capitol 
Grounds adjacent or in close proximity to the sidewalks abutting the 
circular perimeter of the Union Station Plaza in front of Columbus Plaza 
and the National Visitor Center as may be necessary to enable the 
Secretary of the Interior to erect and maintain flagpoles to fly the 
flags of each of the States of the United States and its territories and 
possessions, generally as shown on NCPC Map File Numbered 1.11 (38.00)-
27861.
    ``Sec. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Architect of the Capitol is authorized, subject to the provisions of 
this Act and to such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may 
prescribe, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate officials of 
the government of the District of Columbia pursuant to which the 
Architect of the Capitol is authorized to permit the government of the 
District of Columbia to utilize certain areas of the United States 
Capitol Grounds for the purpose of making certain street changes in 
order to coordinate and improve the flow of traffic to and from the 
United States Capitol Grounds and the National Visitor Center (formerly 
Union Station), and the flow of traffic within Union Station Plaza.
    ``(b) Pursuant to such agreement, the Architect of the Capitol is 
authorized to make available to the government of the District of 
Columbia, for the purposes referred to in subsection (a), certain 
portions of the United States Capitol Grounds as follows:
        ``(1) approximately two thousand one hundred square feet of land 
    in Square 680, at the east end thereof, located within the United 
    States Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza, 
    Massachusetts Avenue, and E Street Northeast, in order to enable the 
    government of the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes 
    referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to change the 
    curbline, and relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to 
    such street change;
        ``(2) approximately three thousand five hundred square feet of 
    land in Square 723, at the northwest end thereof, located within the 
    United States Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza, 
    First Street, and Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, in order to enable 
    the government of the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes 
    referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to change the 
    curbline, and relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to 
    such street change; and
        ``(3) approximately four hundred square feet of land in Square 
    721, at the southwest end thereof, located within the United States 
    Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza and 
    Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, in order to enable the government of 
    the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes referred to in 
    subsection (a) of this section, and to change the curbline, and 
    relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to such street 
    change.
    ``Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant to the 
Secretary of the Interior or to the government of the District of 
Columbia any right, title, or interest in or to any part of the United 
States Capitol Grounds and such area affected by this Act or any 
agreement pursuant thereto shall continue to be a part of the United 
States Capitol Grounds. All areas of the United States Capitol Grounds, 
including sidewalks, lawns and other growth, streets, and curblines, 
disturbed by reason of operations pursuant to this Act shall be promptly 
relocated or restored by the Secretary of the Interior or the government 
of the District of Columbia, as the case may be, in a manner approved 
by, and satisfactory to the Architect of the Capitol.
    ``Sec. 4. The Congress shall not incur any expense, liability, 
obligation, or other responsibility (operational or otherwise), under or 
by reason of this Act, or any agreement pursuant to this Act, or be 
liable under any claim of any nature or kind that may arise from either 
the construction, operation, or maintenance of the flagpoles authorized 
by this Act, or from carrying out any agreement pursuant to this Act.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 802 of this title.
