§ 2061. Designation of play areas on Capitol grounds for children attending day care center

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. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–392 § 3 · 98 Stat. 1362

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 2061

   Pub. L. 98–392, § 3, Aug. 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 1362

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–392, § 3, Aug. 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 1362

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (b), the Capitol Police Board is authorized to designate certain portions of the Capitol grounds (other than a portion within the area bounded on the North by Constitution Avenue, on the South by Independence Avenue, on the East by First Street, and on the West by First Street) for use exclusively as play areas for the benefit of children attending a day care center which is established for the primary purpose of providing child care for the children of Members and employees of the Senate or the House of Representatives. (b) (1) In the case of any such designation referred to in subsection (a) involving a day care center established for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the Senate, the designation shall be with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the House of Representatives, the designation shall be with the approval of the House Committee on House Administration, with the concurrence of the House Office Building Commission. (2) The Architect of the Capitol shall enclose with a fence any area designated pursuant to subsection (a) as a play area. (3) The authority to use an area designated pursuant to subsection (a) as a play area may be terminated at any time by the Committee which approved such designation. (c) Nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed as prohibiting any day care center referred to in subsection (a) from placing playground equipment within an area designated pursuant to sub-section (a) for use solely in connection with the operation of such center, subject to, in the case of a day care center established for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the Senate, the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the House of Representatives, the approval of the House Committee on House Administration, with the concurrence of the House Office Building Commission. (d) The day care center referred to in S. Res. 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, is a day care center for which space may be designated under subsection (a) for use as a play area.

2. 1996

   House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

   Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 221(14) · 110 Stat. 1718

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 2061(b)(1); 2 U.S.C. § 2061(b)(c)

   Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight” for “House Administration”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b)(1), (c). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight” for “House Administration”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (14) Subsection (b)(1) and subsection (c) of section 3 of Public Law 98–392 (40 U.S.C. 214b (b)(1) and (c)) are each amended by striking out “House Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight”.

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