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| Long title | An Act to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in certain areas of the National Capital |
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| Enacted by | the 71st United States Congress |
| Effective | May 16, 1930 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 71-231 |
| Statutes at Large | 46 Stat. 366 (1930) |
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| Acts amended | Act of May 16, 1910, An Act Establishing a Commission of Fine Arts |
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| An Act to include Lafayette Park within the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in certain areas of the National Capital" (Pub. L. 76-248, 53 Stat. 1144; approved July 31, 1939) | |
The Shipstead-Luce Act (Pub. L. 71–231, 46 Stat. 366, enacted May 16, 1930, codified at 40 U.S.C. § 9101), is an American statute which extended the authority of the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) as a statutory independent agency within the United States federal government and allowed it to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semi-public buildings in parts of the District of Columbia.[1]
- ^ *Thomas E. Leubke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013).