§2005 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

Any Member or Member-elect may write to the Architect of the Capitol asking that a specific office room be given to them when it becomes vacant. If only one person asks for that room, they get it. If more than one ask, the person with the longest continuous service in the House (including time as Member-elect) gets it; if there is a tie, the one who asked first gets it.

Title 2, §2005

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Any Member or Member-elect of the House of Representatives may file with the Architect of the Capitol a request in writing that any individual office room be assigned to him whenever it shall become vacant. If only one such request has been made for any room which shall at any time have become vacant, the room shall be assigned as requested. If two or more requests are made for the same vacant room, preference shall be given to the Representative making the request who has been longest in continuous service as a Member and Member-elect of the House of Representatives. If two or more Representatives with equal length of continuous service, or two or more Representatives-elect make request for the same room, preference shall be given to the one first preferring his request.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 178 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.

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of Architect of the Capitol, functions abolished, transferred, etc., by prior acts, see

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notes set out under former section 1801 of this title.

§2005 Vacant rooms; assignment to Representatives

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Title 2, §2005

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Editorial Notes

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Change of Name

Prior Provisions

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