Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73
§6501 Definition
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART C— - FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - THURGOOD MARSHALL FEDERAL JUDICIARY BUILDING › § 6501
Summary
Treat the Chief Justice or someone they pick as the Chief Justice; if the job is empty, the longest-serving associate justice serves until it is filled.
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Title 40, §6501
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In this chapter, the term “Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the United States or the designee of the Chief Justice, except that when there is a vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice, the most senior associate justice of the Supreme Court shall be deemed to be the Chief Justice for purposes of this chapter until the vacancy is filled.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 650140:1208.Pub. L. 100–480, § 10, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2335. The text of 40:1208(1) and (3) is omitted as unnecessary because the complete names of the Architect of the Capitol and the Commission for the Judiciary Office Building are used the first times the terms appear in a section.
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40 U.S.C. § 6501
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73