---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 5103"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "5103"
heading: "Restrictions on public use of United States Capitol Grounds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/5103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part B — United States Capitol"
  - "Chapter 51 — United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds"
---

# §5103. Restrictions on public use of United States Capitol Grounds


Public travel in, and occupancy of, the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) Capitol Grounds is restricted to the roads, walks, and places prepared for that purpose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1176.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5103 | 40:193b. | July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 2, 60 Stat. 718. |

The words “by flagging, paving, or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.