40 USC § 8106 - Buildings on reservations, parks, or public grounds

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title: "40 USC § 8106 - Buildings on reservations, parks, or public grounds"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "8106"
section_name: "Buildings on reservations, parks, or public grounds"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1206.)"
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# § 8106. Buildings on reservations, parks, or public grounds

A building or structure shall not be erected on any reservation, park, or public grounds of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1206.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8106 | 40:68. | Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1 (10th par. on p. 444), 37 Stat. 444. |

The words “On and after ” are omitted as obsolete.