---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 511"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "511"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/511"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 5 — Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies"
---

# §511. Authorization of appropriations

- (a) **Authorization.—** Necessary amounts are authorized to be appropriated—
  - (1) to enable the Mayor of the District of Columbia to provide additional municipal services in the District of Columbia during the [inaugural period](/usc/36/501.md?p=2), including—
    - (A) employment of personal services without regard to chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of [chapter 53](/usc/5/chptIII/sptD/ch53.md) of title 5;
    - (B) travel expenses of enforcement personnel, including sanitarians, from other jurisdictions;
    - (C) the hiring of the means of transportation;
    - (D) meals for policemen, firemen, and other municipal employees;
    - (E) the cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms, construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; and
    - (F) other incidental expenses in the discretion of the Mayor; and
  - (2) to enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide meals for the members of the United States Park Police during the [inaugural period](/usc/36/501.md?p=2).
- (b) **Payment.—** Amounts appropriated under—
  - (1) [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia; and
  - (2) [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section are payable in the same way as other appropriations for the expenses of the Department of the Interior.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1265, § 510; renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 308(a)(1), Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 103.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 510(a) | 36:723 (less words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas). | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 3, 70 Stat. 1049; Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 2, 82 Stat. 4. |
|  | 36:730. | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. |
| 510(b) | 36:723 (words between 1st and 2d commas and between next-to-last and last commas). |  |

In subsection (a)(1)(A), the words “chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” are substituted for “the civil-service and classification laws” for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–155 renumbered section 510 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–155, effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402 of Pub. L. 107–155, set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment; Regulations note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.