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Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73

§4902 John W. McCormack Residential Page School

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 49— - CONGRESSIONAL PAGES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL › § 4902

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Build a fireproof dormitory and classrooms for pages who serve the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. The Architect of the Capitol will make the plans. The Senate and House Office Building Commissions must both approve the site and the plans. The Architect may buy, condemn, or otherwise get nearby real estate in Washington, D.C., including alleys and streets inside the curblines, to put the building on. Any condemnation must follow subchapter IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code. If requested and approved by the two building commissions, property the United States owns and the nearby alleys and streets can be turned over to the Architect’s control, and the Mayor of D.C. must close those alleys or streets on request. Once bought, the land becomes part of the United States Capitol Grounds and follows sections 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101–5107 and 5109 of title 40. The building will be called the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. The Architect will run its upkeep, protection, and daily support (except for the United States Capitol Police), under rules and joint direction from the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate. The Architect must give Congress yearly cost estimates for those services, except costs for the Capitol Police or direct school operations and personal supervision of pages. The Speaker and President pro tempore will pick one House officer and one Senate officer (not Members) to jointly supervise pages who live in the school. Those officers will set rules about using the building, page behavior, curfews if needed, and other matters for pages’ safety and well-being when they are off duty. This does not change how section 4903 about page education works.

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Title 2, §4902

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(a)There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with plans which shall be prepared by or under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and which shall be submitted to and jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, a fireproof building containing dormitory and classroom facilities, including necessary furnishings and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
(b)The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, such publicly or privately owned real property in the District of Columbia (including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within the curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity of the United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, for the purpose of constructing on such real property, in accordance with this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom facilities complex for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
(c)Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection (b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be transferred, upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol.
(e)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be closed and vacated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission.
(f)Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of section 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40.
(g)The building constructed on the real property acquired under this section shall be designated the “John W. McCormack Residential Page School”. The employment of all services (other than that of the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, maintenance, and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol. Such supervision and control shall be subject to the joint approval and direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol Police or those provided in connection with the conduct of school operations and the personal supervision of pages, and for all other expenses in connection with the protection, care, maintenance, and use of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. The Speaker and the President pro tempore shall prescribe, from time to time, regulations governing the Architect in the provision of services and the protection, care, and maintenance, of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School.
(h)The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of the House and an officer of the Senate, other than a Member of the House or Senate, who shall jointly exercise supervision and control over the activities of the pages resident in the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. With the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, such officers so designated shall prescribe regulations governing—
(1)the actual use and occupancy of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School including, if necessary, the imposition of a curfew for pages;
(2)the conduct of pages generally; and
(3)other matters pertaining to the supervision, direction, safety, and well-being of pages in off-duty hours.
(i)Nothing in this part shall affect the operation of section 4903 of this title, relating to educational facilities of pages and other minors who are congressional employees.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40, referred to in subsec. (f), was in the original a reference to the Act entitled “An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes”, approved
July 31, 1946, which is act
July 31, 1946, ch. 707, 60 Stat. 718. section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 14 of the Act are classified, respectively, to section 1961, 1966, 1967, 1922, and 1969 of this title, and section 16(b) of the Act is set out as a note under section 1961 of this title. Sections 1 to 8, 10 to 13, and 16(a) of the Act, which were classified to sections 193a to 193m of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, were repealed and reenacted as sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1312, the first section of which enacted Title 40. section 5(c) of Pub. L. 107–217, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 40, provides that a reference to a law replaced by section 1 of Pub. L. 107–217 is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by Pub. L. 107–217. For complete classification of the act of
July 31, 1946, to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of former Title 40, see table at the beginning of Title 40. This part, referred to in subsec. (i), means part 9 of title IV of Pub. L. 91–510, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1199, which enacted this section and section 4901 of this title, repealed section 88c of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 4901 of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2161 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 184a 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

1996—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “section 88a of title 2 or” after “affect the operation of”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, § 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198. Accordingly, “Mayor” substituted in subsec. (e) for “commissioners”. Acquisition of Property as Site for John W. McCormack Residential Page School Pub. L. 92–607, ch. V, Oct. 31, 1972, 86 Stat. 1512, authorized Architect of the Capitol to acquire certain specified real estate for use as a green park area pending its development for permanent use as site of John W. McCormack Residential Page School.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 4902

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73