---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6922"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6922"
heading: "Duties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6922"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part C — Federal Building Complexes"
  - "Chapter 69 — Union Station Redevelopment"
  - "Subchapter II — National Visitor Facilities Advisory Commission"
---

# §6922. Duties

- (a) **In General.—** The National Visitor Facilities Advisory [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) conduct continuing investigations and studies of sites and plans to provide additional facilities and services for visitors and students coming to the Nation’s Capital; and
  - (2) advise the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services on the planning, construction, acquisition, and operation of those visitor facilities.
- (b) **Staff and Facilities.—** The Director of the National Park Service, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide the necessary staff and facilities to assist the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) in carrying out its duties under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1203.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6922(a) | 40:821 (related to duties). | Pub. L. 90–264, title II, §§ 201 (related to duties), 202(c), Mar. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 45. |
| 6922(b) | 40:822(c). |  |

In subsection (a), the text of 40:821(1) is omitted as obsolete because there is no National Visitors Center.