§193u. Suspension of regulations; Smithsonian grounds

In order to permit authorized services, training programs, and ceremonies within the specified buildings and grounds, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, or their designated representatives may suspend for their respective agencies so much of the prohibitions contained in sections 193o to 193q of this title as may be necessary for the occasion or circumstance, but only if responsible officers shall have been appointed, and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, or their designees, for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and for the protection of the specified buildings and grounds and of persons and property therein.

(Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, §8, 65 Stat. 635 ; Pub. L. 103–279, §9(b), July 21, 1994, 108 Stat. 1416 .)

Amendments

1994-Pub. L. 103–279 substituted "the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, or" for "the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution or the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art or" in two places.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 193v of this title.