---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6136"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6136"
heading: "Suspension of prohibitions against use of Supreme Court grounds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6136"
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"
---

# §6136. Suspension of prohibitions against use of Supreme Court grounds


To allow the observance of authorized ceremonies in the Supreme Court Building and grounds, the Marshal of the Supreme Court may suspend for those occasions any of the prohibitions contained in this subchapter as may be necessary for the occasion if—

- (1) responsible officers have been appointed; and
- (2) the Marshal determines that adequate arrangements have been made—
  - (A) to maintain suitable order and decorum in the proceedings; and
  - (B) to protect the Supreme Court Building and grounds and individuals and [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) in the Building and grounds.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1183.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6136 | 40:13o. | Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, § 10, 63 Stat. 617. |