---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 8102"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "8102"
heading: "Protection of Federal Government buildings in District of Columbia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/8102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part D — Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia"
  - "Chapter 81 — Administrative"
  - "Subchapter I — General"
---

# §8102. Protection of Federal Government buildings in District of Columbia


The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury may prohibit—

- (1) a vehicle from parking or standing on a street or roadway adjacent to a building in the District of Columbia—
  - (A) at least partly owned or possessed by, or leased to, the [Federal Government](/usc/40/3701.md?p=a); and
  - (B) used by law enforcement authorities subject to their jurisdiction; and
- (2) a person or entity from conducting business on [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) immediately adjacent to a building described in [paragraph (1)](#1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1205.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8102 | 40:137. | Pub. L. 104–132, title VIII, § 803, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1305. |