§1010. Miscellaneous provisions

(a) Documentation of design and construction to Secretary or Administrator

Complete documentation of design and construction of each commemorative work located in the District of Columbia and its environs shall be provided to the Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) and shall be permanently maintained in the manner provided by law.

(b) Expiration of legislative authority for commemorative work

Any legislative authority for a commemorative work shall expire at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of such authority, unless the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate) has issued a construction permit for the commemorative work during that period.

(c) Responsibility for maintenance of completed work

Upon completion of any commemorative work within the District of Columbia and its environs, the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate) shall assume responsibility for the maintenance of such work.

(d) Development of regulations or standards

The Secretary and the Administrator shall develop appropriate regulations or standards to carry out this chapter.

(e) Commemorative works to which applicable

This chapter shall not apply to commemorative works authorized by a law enacted before the commencement of the Ninety-ninth Congress.

( Pub. L. 99–652, §10, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3654 ; Pub. L. 102–216, §1, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1666 ; Pub. L. 103–321, §2(g), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1795 .)

References in Text

The commencement of the Ninety-ninth Congress, referred to in subsec. (e), was Jan. 3, 1985.

Amendments

1994-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–321 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "The Secretary and the Administrator shall promulgate appropriate regulations to carry out this chapter. The regulations shall be published in the Federal Register within one hundred and twenty days after November 14, 1986."

1991-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–216 substituted "seven-year period" for "five-year period".

Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

Section 2 of Pub. L. 102–216 provided that: "The amendment made by this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1991."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 36 section 2113.