---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 8122"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "8122"
heading: "Jurisdiction over portion of Constitution Avenue"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/8122"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part D — Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia"
  - "Chapter 81 — Administrative"
  - "Subchapter II — Jurisdiction"
---

# §8122. Jurisdiction over portion of Constitution Avenue


The Director of the National Park Service has jurisdiction over that part of Constitution Avenue west of Virginia Avenue that was under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia prior to May 27, 1908.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1207.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8122 | 40:64. | May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1 (1st complete par. on p. 356), 35 Stat. 356. |

For transfer of functions from the Chief of Engineers to the Director of the National Park Service, see the revision note under section 8102 of this title. The words “Constitution Avenue” are substituted for “B Street” to reflect the current name.