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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§6503 Commission for the Judiciary Office Building

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART C— - FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - THURGOOD MARSHALL FEDERAL JUDICIARY BUILDING › § 6503

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets up a 13-member Commission to oversee the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. Members are two judges chosen by the Chief Justice; the members of the House Office Building Commission; the Senate majority and minority leaders; and the chair and top minority member from two Senate committees and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Seven members is a quorum. The Commission must supervise the building’s design, construction, operation, upkeep (structural, mechanical, and daily needs), and security. It must also make rules for how the Architect of the Capitol acts under this law and for how building space is used and occupied.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6503

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)There is a Commission for the Judiciary Office Building, composed of the following 13 members or their designees:
(1)Two individuals appointed by the Chief Justice from among justices of the Supreme Court and other judges of the United States.
(2)The members of the House Office Building Commission.
(3)The majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.
(4)The Chairman and the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
(5)The Chairman and the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
(6)The Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(b)Seven members of the Commission is a quorum.
(c)The Commission is responsible for the supervision of the design, construction, operation, maintenance, structural, mechanical, and domestic care, and security of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. The Commission shall prescribe regulations to govern the actions of the Architect of the Capitol under this chapter and to govern the use and occupancy of all space in the Building.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6503(a)40:1206(a), (b).Pub. L. 100–480, § 7, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2334. 6503(b)40:1206(d). 6503(c)40:1206(c). In subsection (a)(6), the words “Transportation and Infrastructure” are substituted for “Public Works and Transportation” in section 7(b) of the Judiciary Office Building Development Act (Public Law 100–480, 102 Stat. 2334) because of section 1(a)(9) of the Act of June 3, 1995 (Public Law 104–14, 2:21 note prec.). In subsection (c), the words “from time to time” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6503

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73