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54 U.S.C. 305501: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 54-NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMSCHAPTER 3055-NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM

§305501. Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)  Building arts.⁠—The term “building arts” includes all practical and scholarly aspects of prehistoric, historic, and contemporary architecture, archeology, construction, building technology and skills, landscape architecture, preservation and conservation, building and construction, engineering, urban and community design and renewal, city and regional planning, and related professions, skills, trades, and crafts.

(2)  Committee.⁠—The term “Committee” means the Committee for a National Museum of the Building Arts, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the District of Columbia, or its successor.

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

Historical and Revision Notes

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305501

16 U.S.C. 470w–5(f).

Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(f), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3003.