---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 5103"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "5103"
heading: "Restrictions on public use of United States Capitol Grounds"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/5103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part B — United States Capitol"
  - "Chapter 51 — United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds"
---

# §5103. Restrictions on public use of United States Capitol Grounds


Public travel in, and occupancy of, the United States Capitol Grounds is restricted to the roads, walks, and places prepared for that purpose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1176.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5103 | 40:193b. | July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 2, 60 Stat. 718. |

The words “by flagging, paving, or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.