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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex

§ 2023. Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building

Statutory text

On and after , the Senate Office Building, and the employment of all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy, together with all other items that may be appropriated for by the Congress for such purposes, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration as to matters of general policy; and the Architect of the Capitol shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) and for all other expenses in connection with said office building and necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy.

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. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1943

    Pub. L. 77–396 · 56 Stat. 330

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 2023

    June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343

  2. United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009

    Pub. L. 111–145 § 6(c)(2) · 124 Stat. 49

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 2023

    Pub. L. 111–145 substituted “other than for the United States Capitol Police” for “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–145 substituted “other than for the United States Capitol Police” for “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Senate office buildings.— The item relating to “Senate Office Building” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1943 (56 Stat. 343; 2 U.S.C. 2023) is amended by striking “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” each place it appears and inserting “other than for the United States Capitol Police”.

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

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was classified to section 174c 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.

Amendments1946–2010 · 2 rounds

2010

Pub. L. 111–145 substituted “other than for the United States Capitol Police” for “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” in two places.

1946

Act , substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee on Rules”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that section 102 of that act shall take effect on , and section 245 of title II of that act, 60 Stat. 839, provided that section 224 thereof shall “take effect on the day on which the Eightieth Congress convenes”. The Eightieth Congress convened on .

Credits

1942–2010 · 3 acts
  1. 1942June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343
  2. 1946Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838
  3. 2010Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(c)(2), , 124 Stat. 54.
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(June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(c)(2), , 124 Stat. 54.)

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