---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6302"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6302"
heading: "Public use of grounds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6302"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part C — Federal Building Complexes"
  - "Chapter 63 — Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts"
---

# §6302. Public use of grounds


Public travel in, and occupancy of, the grounds specified under [section 6301 of this title](/usc/40/6301.md) are restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces, except in the National Zoological Park.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1185.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6302 | 40:193o. | Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, § 2, 65 Stat. 634. |