20 U.S.C. § 71 : US Code - Section 71: Designation of site

Search 20 U.S.C. § 71 : US Code - Section 71: Designation of site

The area bounded by Seventh Street, Constitution Avenue, Fourth
Street, and North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of
Columbia, is appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as a site
for a National Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian Institution is
authorized to permit the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable
Trust (hereinafter referred to as the donor) to construct on said
site for the Smithsonian Institution a building to be designated
the National Gallery of Art, and to remove any existing structure
and landscape the grounds within said area. The adjoining area
bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third Street, and
North Mall Drive, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, is
reserved as a site for future additions to the National Gallery of
Art. The project shall be in accordance with plans and
specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.