### Question
What does the District of Columbia and its environs mean?


### Answer
**The District of Columbia and its environs** has the following meaning in *40 U.S.C. § 1002*:

> those lands and properties administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration located in Areas I and II as depicted on the map numbered 869/86501, and dated May 1, 1986

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 1002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 21-NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS**

