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54 USC § 305502 - Cooperative agreement to operate museum

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identifier: "/us/usc/t54/s305502"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "54 USC § 305502 - Cooperative agreement to operate museum"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "305502"
section_name: "Cooperative agreement to operate museum"
chapter_number: 3055
chapter_name: "NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3223.)"
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# § 305502. Cooperative agreement to operate museum

To provide a national center to commemorate and encourage the building arts and to preserve and maintain a nationally significant building that exemplifies the great achievements of the building arts in the United States, the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Committee for the operation of a National Building Museum in the Federal building located in the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia. The cooperative agreement shall include provisions that—

**(1)** make the site available to the Committee without charge;

**(2)** provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance, security, information, janitorial, and other services as may be necessary to ensure the preservation and operation of the site; and

**(3)** prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the Committee can fulfill its responsibilities under this division.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3223.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 305502 | 16 U.S.C. 470w–5(a) (1st sentence), (b). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(a) (1st sentence), (b), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002, 3003. |

The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “Administrator of the General Services Administration” to use the correct title of the Administrator.