40 U.S.C. § 8907 — Temporary site designation
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-217 to r/title-40-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-PROPERTY-AND-WORKS · 189 words · no verdicts yet
This law lets the Secretary of the Interior designate a temporary memorial-display site in D.C. This can happen only if a site is needed to preserve limited open space. The Secretary must also submit a plan to Congress at least 120 days ahead. Anyone who displays a memorial there pays for it and takes on all the risk.
(a) Criterion for Designation. If the Secretary of the Interior, after consulting the National Capital Memorial Commission, decides that a site for temporarily displaying commemorative works is needed to help preserve the limited open space available to residents of, and visitors to, the Nation's Capital, the Secretary may designate such a site on land the Secretary manages in the District of Columbia.
(b) Plan. The Secretary can only make that designation if, at least 120 days beforehand, the Secretary — consulting the Commission — prepares and submits a plan for the site to Congress. That plan must cover the site's location, construction, and administration, and the criteria for displaying commemorative works there.
(c) Risk and Agreement To Indemnify. A commemorative work* displayed at the site must be installed, maintained, and removed entirely at the expense and risk of the person authorized to display it. That person must agree to protect the United States from any liability arising from displaying the work under this section.
If the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Capital Memorial Commission, determines that a site where commemorative works may be displayed on a temporary basis is necessary to aid in the preservation of the limited amount of open space available to residents of, and visitors to, the Nation’s Capital, a site may be designated on land the Secretary administers in the District of Columbia.
A designation may be made under subsection (a) only if, at least 120 days before the designation, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, prepares and submits to Congress a plan for the site. The plan shall include specifications for the location, construction, and administration of the site and criteria for displaying commemorative works at the site.
A commemorative work* displayed at the site shall be installed, maintained, and removed at the sole expense and risk of the person authorized to display the work. The person shall agree to indemnify the United States for any liability arising from the display of the commemorative work under this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1231.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-217 · 116 Stat. 1231
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