Volume 54 · 168
Public Law 76–157
To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies.
Approved April 25, 1940
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency or head of any executive department or establishment is authorized to allocate such space in any public building under his care and supervision as he deems necessary for the purposes of quartering troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies to be held on January 20, 1941, but such use shall not continue after January 22, 1941. Authority granted by this joint resolution may be exercised notwithstanding the provisions of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1903, approved April 28, 1902, prohibiting the use of public buildings in connection with inaugural ceremonies.
Approved, April 25, 1940.