§ 1969. Regulation of traffic by Capitol Police Board

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1946

   Pub. L. 79–707 § 14 · 60 Stat. 718

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1969

   July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 14, 60 Stat. 720

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 14, 60 Stat. 720

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 14. (a) The Capitol Police Board, consisting of the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol, shall have exclusive charge and control of the regulation and movement of all vehicular and other traffic, including the parking and impounding of vehicles and limiting the speed thereof, within the United States Capitol Grounds, except on those streets and roadways shown on the map referred to in section 1 of this Act as being under the jurisdiction and control Regulations. of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and said Board is hereby authorized and empowered to make, and enforce all necessary regulations therefor and to prescribe penalties for violation of such regulations, such penalties not to exceed a fine of $300 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section those provisions of the District of Columbia 43 Stat. 1119. D.C. Code § 40–601 et seq.; Supp. V, § 40–601 et seq. Traffic Act of 1925, as amended, for the violation of which specific penalties are provided in said Act, as amended, shall be applicable to the United States Capitol Grounds. Prosecutions for violation of such regulations shall be in The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, upon information by the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants. (b) Regulations authorized to be promulgated under this section shall be promulgated by the Capitol Police Board within six months after approval of this Act: Provided, That until such regulations are promulgated and become effective, the traffic regulations of the District of Columbia shall be applicable to the United States Capitol Grounds. (c) All regulations promulgated under the authority of this section shall, when adopted by the Capitol Police Board, be printed in one or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, and shall not become effective until the expiration of ten days after the date of such publication. (d) It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or any officer or employee of the government of the District of Columbia designated by said Commissioners, upon request of the Capitol Police Board, to cooperate with the Board in the preparation of the regulations authorized to be promulgated under this section, and any future amendments thereof.

2. 1947

   Public Law not identified

   Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 1969(b)

   Subsec. (b). Act July 11, 1947, § 1, struck out reference to six months after July 31, 1946, as the time for promulgation of regulations and authorized amendment of regulations

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Act July 11, 1947, § 1, struck out reference to six months after July 31, 1946, as the time for promulgation of regulations and authorized amendment of regulations.

3. 1947

   Public Law not identified

   Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 1969(c)

   Subsec. (c). Act July 11, 1947, § 2, authorized certain traffic regulations to be effective immediately upon placing conspicuous signs containing notice of regulations at the places affected thereby and inserted provision for payment of expenses

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Act July 11, 1947, § 2, authorized certain traffic regulations to be effective immediately upon placing conspicuous signs containing notice of regulations at the places affected thereby and inserted provision for payment of expenses.

4. 1973

   Pub. L. 93–198 § 739(g)(6) · 87 Stat. 774

   Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 1969(a)

   Pub. L. 93–198, § 739(g)(6), struck out “, except on those streets and roadways shown on the map referred to in section 193a of this title as being under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–198, § 739(g)(6), struck out “, except on those streets and roadways shown on the map referred to in section 193a of this title as being under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (6) Section 14(a) of the Act of July 31, 1946, as amended (40 U.S.C. 212b), is amended by deleting: “, except on those streets and 60 Stat. 720; 84 Stat. 570. D.C. Code 9–131. roadways shown on the map referred to in section 1 of this Act as being under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, § 771(d), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 836, provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 93–198 is effective on Jan. 2, 1975, if a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia voting on the charter issue in the charter referendum accepted the charter set out in title IV of Pub. L. 93–198, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 785. The charter was approved by the voters on May 7, 1974.

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