Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§1833 Lighting, heating, and ventilating House of Representatives
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PERSONNEL › Part Part A— - General › § 1833
Summary
The electrician, all workers including engineers, and any equipment used for lighting, heating, and ventilation must follow the directions of the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect is under the Speaker’s control, and no one may be hired or fired without the Speaker’s approval.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §1833
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The electrician, together with everything pertaining to the electrical machinery and apparatus, and the ventilation and heating of the House of Representatives, and all laborers and others connected with the lighting, heating, and ventilating thereof, shall be subject exclusively to the orders, and in all respects under the direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his approval. And all engineers and others who are engaged in heating and ventilating the House shall be subject to the orders, and in all respects under the direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his approval.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 167 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062. Section, except the words “and the ventilation and heating of the House of Representatives,” is based on act Mar. 3, 1881, popularly known as the “Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act”. The excepted words were based on act Mar. 3, 1877, popularly known as the “Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1878”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
of Architect of the Capitol, functions abolished, transferred, etc., by prior acts, see
Prior Provisions
and
Change of Name
notes set out under former section 1801 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 1833
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73