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§1868 Semiannual compilation and report of expenditures

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES › § 1868

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Summary

Make and send a six‑month spending report. The Architect of the Capitol must compile every semiannual report, starting with the period that began January 1, 1965, and send it to the Senate and House within 60 days after the period ends. Each report must show each employee’s name, job title, and gross pay; government payments to retirement, health, insurance, and similar funds; and payee names with a short description of contracted goods or services. The report will be printed as a Senate document. For the semiannual period beginning January 1, 1976, the report must include July 1 through September 30, 1976, and treat that as closing on September 30, 1976. After that, reports cover October 1–March 31 and April 1–September 30 each year.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1868

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(1)Commencing with the semiannual period beginning January 1, 1965 and for each semiannual period thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol shall compile and, not later than sixty days following the close of the semiannual period, submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a report of all expenditures made from monies appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol, based on payrolls and other vouchers transmitted during such period to the Treasury Department for disbursement, such report to include (1) the name, title, and gross salary payment to each employee; (2) a list of government contributions to retirement, health, insurance, and other similar funds; and (3) name of payee, brief description of service rendered or items furnished under contract, purchase order or other agreement. Such report shall be printed as a Senate document.
(2)The report by the Architect of the Capitol under paragraph (1) for the semiannual period beginning on January 1, 1976, shall include the period beginning on July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, and such semiannual period shall be treated as closing on September 30, 1976. Thereafter, the report by the Architect of the Capitol under paragraph (1) shall be for the semiannual periods beginning on October 1 and ending on March 31 and beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30 of each year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 162b 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.

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–303 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in par. (1) of this section relating to the requirement that the Architect of the Capitol submit a semiannual report to the Senate and the House of Representatives, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 1 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1868

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73