---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 305502"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "305502"
heading: "Cooperative agreement to operate museum"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/305502"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 4 — Other Organizations and Programs"
  - "Chapter 3055 — National Building Museum"
---

# §305502. Cooperative agreement to operate museum


To provide a national [center](/usc/54/305301.md?p=2) to commemorate and encourage the [building arts](/usc/54/305501.md?p=1) and to preserve and maintain a [nationally significant](/usc/54/308901.md?p=4) building that exemplifies the great achievements of the [building arts](/usc/54/305501.md?p=1) in the United States, the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) and the [Administrator](/usc/54/305101.md?p=1) of General [Services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the [Committee](/usc/54/305501.md?p=2) for the operation of a National Building Museum in the Federal building located in the block bounded by Fourth Street, Fifth Street, F Street, and G Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia. The cooperative agreement shall include provisions that—

- (1) make the site available to the [Committee](/usc/54/305501.md?p=2) without charge;
- (2) provide, subject to available appropriations, such maintenance, security, information, janitorial, and other [services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) as may be necessary to ensure the preservation and operation of the site; and
- (3) prescribe reasonable terms and conditions by which the [Committee](/usc/54/305501.md?p=2) can fulfill its responsibilities under this division.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3223.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 305502 | 16 U.S.C. 470w–5(a) (1st sentence), (b). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 306(a) (1st sentence), (b), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3002, 3003. |

The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “Administrator of the General Services Administration” to use the correct title of the Administrator.