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§2023 Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 30— - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SENATE › § 2023

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting June 8, 1942, the Architect of the Capitol must control and supervise the Senate Office Building and all services needed to protect, maintain, and use it, except for the United States Capitol Police. The Architect must also send Congress yearly detailed cost estimates for those services (other than the United States Capitol Police) and for all other building expenses, with the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approving general policy.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §2023

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On and after June 8, 1942, the Senate Office Building, and the employment of all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy, together with all other items that may be appropriated for by the Congress for such purposes, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration as to matters of general policy; and the Architect of the Capitol shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) and for all other expenses in connection with said office building and necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 174c 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

2010—Pub. L. 111–145 substituted “other than for the United States Capitol Police” for “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” in two places. 1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee on Rules”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1946 AmendmentAct Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that section 102 of that act shall take effect on Jan. 2, 1947, and section 245 of title II of that act, 60 Stat. 839, provided that section 224 thereof shall “take effect on the day on which the Eightieth Congress convenes”. The Eightieth Congress convened on Jan. 3, 1947.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 2023

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73