Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 2.djvu/423

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PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1205 (c) EJECTION OF TRESPASSER.—The marshal shall have the trespasser ejected from the public land and shall restore possession of the land to the officer charged by law with the custody of the land. § 8102. Protection of Federal Government buildings in District of Columbia The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury may prohibit— (1) a vehicle from parking or standing on a street or roadway adjacent to a building in the District of Columbia— (A) at least partly owned or possessed by, or leased to, the Federal Government; and (B) used by law enforcement authorities subject to their jurisdiction; and (2) a person or entity from conducting business on property immediately adjacent to a building described in paragraph (1). §8103. Application of District of Columbia laws to public buildings and grounds (a) APPLICATION OF LAWS.— Laws and regulations of the District of Columbia for the protection of public or private property and the preservation of peace and order are extended to all public buildings and public grounds belonging to the Federal Government in the District of Columbia. (b) PENALTIES. —^A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both if the person— (1) is guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about those public buildings or public grounds; (2) willfully injures the buildings or shrubs; (3) pull downs, impairs, or otherwise injures any fence, wall, or other enclosure; (4) injures any sink, culvert, pipe, hydreint, cistern, lamp, or bridge; or (5) removes any stone, gravel, sand, or other property of the Government, or any other part of the public grounds or lots belonging to the Government in the District of Colmnbia. § 8104. Regulation of private and semipublic buildings adjacent to public buildings and grounds (a) FACTORS FOR DEVELOPMENT.—In view of the provisions of the Constitution respecting the establishment of the seat of the National Government, the duties it imposed on Congress in connection with establishing the seat of the National Government, and the solicitude shown and the efforts exerted by President Washington in the planning and development of the Capital City, the development should proceed along the lines of good order, good taste, and with due regard to the public interests involved, and a reasonable degree of control should be exercised over the architecture of private or semipublic buildings adjacent to public buildings and grounds of major importance. (b) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION TO COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS.— The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Commission on Fine Arts an application for a permit to erect or alter any building, a part of which fronts or abuts on the grounds of the Capitol, the grounds of the White House, the part of Pennsylvania Avenue extending from the Capitol to the White House,