---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 8162"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "8162"
heading: "Ailanthus trees prohibited"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/8162"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part D — Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia"
  - "Chapter 81 — Administrative"
  - "Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous"
---

# §8162. Ailanthus trees prohibited


Ailanthus trees shall not be purchased for, or planted in, the public grounds.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1209.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8162 | 40:102. | R.S. § 1830. |

The word “ailanthus” is substituted for “ailantus” to correct an error in the source provision.