### 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. § 8902*:

> land and property located in Areas I and II as depicted on the map numbered 869/86501, and dated May 1, 1986, that the National Park Service and the Administrator of General Services administer

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 8902*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE II-PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS > PART D-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA > CHAPTER 89-NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS**

