---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6131"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6131"
heading: "Public travel in Supreme Court grounds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6131"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part C — Federal Building Complexes"
  - "Chapter 61 — United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds"
  - "Subchapter IV — Prohibitions and Penalties"
---

# §6131. Public travel in Supreme Court grounds


Public travel in, and occupancy of, the Supreme Court grounds is restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1182.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6131 | 40:13g. | Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, § 2, 63 Stat. 616. |