40 USC § 6302 - Public use of grounds

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title: "40 USC § 6302 - Public use of grounds"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "6302"
section_name: "Public use of grounds"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, AND JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1185.)"
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# § 6302. Public use of grounds

section 6301 of this title

Public travel in, and occupancy of, the grounds specified under  are restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces, except in the National Zoological Park.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1185.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6302 | 40:193o. | Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, § 2, 65 Stat. 634. |