---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 2145"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "2145"
heading: "Restriction on use of appropriation for Botanic Garden"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/2145"
units:
  - "Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex"
  - "Subchapter VI — Botanic Garden and National Garden"
---

# §2145. Restriction on use of appropriation for Botanic Garden


On and after July 31, 1958, no part of any appropriation for the Botanic Garden shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, shrubs, or other nursery stock.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–570, July 31, 1958, 72 Stat. 450.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 216a of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.