Definitions and nonapplication

§ 8902. Definitions and nonapplication (a) Definitions.—In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) Commemorative work.—The term “commemorative work”— (A) means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual,116 STAT. 1228 group, event or other significant element of American history; but (B) does not include an item described in subclause (A) that is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for other purposes. (2) Person.—The term “person” means— (A) a public agency; and (B) an individual, group or organization— (i) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the Code (26 U.S.C. 501(a)); and (ii) authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. (3) The district of Columbia and its environs.—The term “the District of Columbia and its environs” means land and property located in Areas I and II as depicted on the map numbered 869/86581, and dated May 1, 1986, that the National Park Service and the Administrator of General Services administer. (b) Nonapplication.—This chapter does not apply to commemorative works authorized by a law enacted before January 3, 1985.