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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex

§ 2022. Acquisition of buildings and facilities for use in emergency situation

Statutory text

(a)

Acquisition of buildings and facilities

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to respond to an emergency situation, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may acquire buildings and facilities, subject to the availability of appropriations, for the use of the Senate, as appropriate, by lease, purchase, or such other arrangement as the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate considers appropriate (including a memorandum of understanding with the head of an executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, in the case of a building or facility under the control of such Agency). Actions taken by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate must be approved by the Committees on Appropriations and Rules and Administration.

(b)

Agreements

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of carrying out subsection (a), the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may carry out such activities and enter into such agreements related to the use of any building or facility acquired pursuant to such subsection as the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate considers appropriate, including—

(1)

agreements with the United States Capitol Police or any other entity relating to the policing of such building or facility; and

(2)

agreements with the Architect of the Capitol or any other entity relating to the care and maintenance of such building or facility.

(c)

Authority of Capitol Police and Architect

(1)

Architect of the Capitol

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol may take any action necessary to carry out an agreement entered into with the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate pursuant to subsection (b).

(2)

Omitted

(d)

Transfer of certain funds

Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may transfer to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate amounts made available to the Architect for necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Senate office buildings during a fiscal year in order to cover any portion of the costs incurred by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate during the year in acquiring a building or facility pursuant to subsection (a).

(e)

Effective date

This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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. Pub. L. 107–117 div. B § 901 · 115 Stat. 2230

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 2022

    Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 901, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2315

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 901, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2315

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 901. (a) Acquisition of Buildings and Facilities.— 40 USC 174b–2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to respond to an emergency situation, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may acquire buildings and facilities for the use of the Senate, as appropriate, by lease, purchase, or such other arrangement as the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate considers appropriate (including a memorandum of understanding with the head of an executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, in the case of a building or facility under the control of such Agency). Actions taken by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate must be approved by the Committees on Appropriations and Rules and Administration. (b) Agreements.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of carrying out subsection (a), the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may carry out such activities and enter into such agreements related to the use of any building or facility acquired pursuant to such subsection as the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate considers appropriate, including— (1) agreements with the United States Capitol Police or any other entity relating to the policing of such building or facility; and (2) agreements with the Architect of the Capitol or any other entity relating to the care and maintenance of such building or facility. (c) Authority of Capitol Police and Architect.— (1) Architect of the capitol.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol may take any action necessary to carry out an agreement entered into with the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate pursuant to subsection (b). (2) Capitol police.— Section 9 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 212a) is amended— (A) by striking “The Capitol Police” and inserting “(a) The Capitol Police”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) For purposes of this section, ‘the United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds’ shall include any building or facility acquired by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate for the use of the Senate for which the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate has entered into an agreement with the United States Capitol Police for the policing of the building or facility.”. (d) Transfer of Certain Funds.— Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may transfer to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate amounts made available to the Architect for necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Senate office buildings during a fiscal year in order to cover any portion of the costs incurred by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate during the year in acquiring a building or facility pursuant to subsection (a). (e) Effective Date.— This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 902(c), Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 876, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section and section 1961 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 [Pub. L. 107–117, div. B].”

  2. Pub. L. 107–206 title I § 902(a)(1) · 116 Stat. 820

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 2022(a)

    Pub. L. 107–206 substituted “buildings and facilities, subject to the availability of appropriations,” for “buildings and facilities”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–206 substituted “buildings and facilities, subject to the availability of appropriations,” for “buildings and facilities”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 902(c), Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 876, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section and section 1961 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 [Pub. L. 107–117, div. B].”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

For the amendments made by this section, referred to in subsec. (e), see Codification note below.

Codification

Section was classified to section 174b–2 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, , 116 Stat. 1062.

Section is comprised of section 901 of Pub. L. 107–117. Subsec. (c)(2) of section 901 of Pub. L. 107–117 amended section 1961 of this title.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–206 substituted “buildings and facilities, subject to the availability of appropriations,” for “buildings and facilities”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 902(c), , 116 Stat. 876, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section and section 1961 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 [Pub. L. 107–117, div. B].”

Credits

2002 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 901, , 115 Stat. 2315
  2. 2002Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 902(a)(1), , 116 Stat. 876.
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(Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 901, , 115 Stat. 2315; Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 902(a)(1), , 116 Stat. 876.)

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