Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§2012 Furniture for House of Representatives
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 30— - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › § 2012
Summary
The Chief Administrative Officer must oversee furniture care and repair in the House (Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, committee rooms, offices) and must approve the designs used to buy any House or committee furniture.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §2012
The Congress — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall supervise and direct the care and repair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, committee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture required for the House of Representatives or for any of its committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designs and specifications made or approved by the Chief Administrative Officer.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 169 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 is based on par. from act Apr. 28, 1902, popularly known as the “Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1903”.
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–248 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Architect of the Capitol shall supervise and direct the care and repair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, committee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture required for the House of Representatives or for any of its committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designs and specifications made or approved by the said Architect.”
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
2 U.S.C. § 2012
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73