36 USC § 511 - Authorization of appropriations

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title: "36 USC § 511 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "511"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Observances and Ceremonies"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1265, § 510; renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 308(a)(1), Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 103.)"
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# § 511. Authorization of appropriations

**(a)** **Authorization.—** Necessary amounts are authorized to be appropriated—

**(1)** to enable the Mayor of the District of Columbia to provide additional municipal services in the District of Columbia during the inaugural period, including—

**(A)** employment of personal services without regard to chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5;

**(B)** travel expenses of enforcement personnel, including sanitarians, from other jurisdictions;

**(C)** the hiring of the means of transportation;

**(D)** meals for policemen, firemen, and other municipal employees;

**(E)** the cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms, construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; and

**(F)** other incidental expenses in the discretion of the Mayor; and

**(2)** to enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide meals for the members of the United States Park Police during the inaugural period.

**(b)** **Payment.—** Amounts appropriated under—

**(1)** subsection (a)(1) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia; and

**(2)** subsection (a)(2) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the Department of the Interior.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1265, § 510; renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 308(a)(1), Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 103.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 510(a) | 36:723 (less words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas). | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 3, 70 Stat. 1049; Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 2, 82 Stat. 4. |
|  | 36:730. | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. |
| 510(b) | 36:723 (words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas). |  |

In subsection (a)(1)(A), the words “chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” are substituted for “the civil-service and classification laws” for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by , effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment; Regulations note under , Voting and Elections.