§2213 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

The Chief Executive Officer must run and budget the Capitol Visitor Center. That includes long‑term planning and day‑to‑day operations, plus managing guided tours of the inside of the U.S. Capitol under sections 2241 and 2242. The Architect of the Capitol, using the CEO’s recommendation, must put the Office’s proposed budget into the Architect’s budget sent to the President. The Office’s budget is handled separately from other Architect budgets, and the CEO must leave out costs tied to the Architect’s continuing care of the Visitor Center under section 2271(b). The Architect, on the CEO’s recommendation, may hire and set pay for needed staff but no one may be paid more than the top rate for level 15 of the General Schedule. The Architect may spend available funds for the Office (following section 2233 rules for the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund) and must name an Office employee to be the contracting officer. Any contract for Visitor Center operations over $250,000 needs prior approval from the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration. The CEO must send a report to those two committees within 45 days after each semiannual period ending March 31 or September 30. Each report must include financial statements, a description of current operations, new policies and procedures, and future plans.

Title 2, §2213

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(a)(1)Except to the extent otherwise provided in this chapter, the Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for—

(A)the operation, management, and budget preparation and execution of the Capitol Visitor Center, including all long term planning and daily operational services and activities provided within the Capitol Visitor Center; and

(B)in accordance with section 2241 and 2242 of this title, the management of guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol.

(2)(A)The Architect of the Capitol, upon recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer, shall submit the proposed budget for the Office for a fiscal year in the proposed budget for that year for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (as submitted by the Architect of the Capitol to the President). The proposed budget for the Office shall be considered independently from the other components of the proposed budget for the Architect of the Capitol.

(B)In preparing the proposed budget for the Office under subparagraph (A), the Chief Executive Officer shall exclude costs attributable to the activities and services described under section 2271(b) of this title (relating to continuing jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol for the care and superintendence of the Capitol Visitor Center).

(b)In carrying out this chapter, the Architect of the Capitol shall have the authority to, upon recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer—

(1)appoint, hire, and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary for operations of the Office, except that no employee may be paid at an annual rate in excess of the maximum rate payable for level 15 of the General Schedule;

(2)disburse funds as may be necessary and available for the needs of the Office (consistent with the requirements of section 2233 of this title in the case of amounts in the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund); and

(3)designate an employee of the Office to serve as contracting officer for the Office, subject to subsection (c).

(c)The Architect of the Capitol may not enter into a contract for the operations of the Capitol Visitor Center for which the amount involved exceeds $250,000 without the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.

(d)The Chief Executive Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives not later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period ending on March 31 or September 30 of each year on the financial and operational status during the period of each function under the jurisdiction of the Chief Executive Officer. Each such report shall include financial statements and a description or explanation of current operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 110–437, Oct. 20, 2008, 122 Stat. 4983, known as the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2201 of this title and Tables. The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§2213 General duties of Chief Executive Officer