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§1819 Computer Backup Facilities for Legislative Offices

Title 2 › CHAPTER 28 — ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › § 1819

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Architect of the Capitol can buy, lease, or otherwise get buildings to use as computer backup centers for legislative offices, but only if money is available. Buildings for House offices need approval from the House Office Building Commission. Buildings for Senate offices need approval from the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. If a building is shared with other legislative offices, the same approval goes to the commission or committee that it joins. Any building bought under this rule becomes part of the United States Capitol Grounds and follows the rules in sections 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101–5107 and 5109 of title 40. If a bought building has unused space, the Architect may lease that space to others, with the same approval required. This rule applies starting in fiscal year 2002 and every year after.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1819

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(a)Acquisition of buildings and facilities
The Architect of the Capitol is authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations, to acquire (through purchase, lease, or otherwise) buildings and facilities for use as computer backup facilities (and related uses) for offices in the legislative branch.
(b)Acquisition subject to approval
The acquisition of a building or facility under subsection (a) shall be subject to the approval of— (1)
(2)the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, in the case of a building or facility acquired for the use of an office of the Senate; or
(3)the House Office Building Commission in the case of a building or facility acquired for the use of any other office in the legislative branch as part of a joint facility with (1) above, or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, in the case of a building or facility acquired for the use of any other office in the legislative branch as part of a joint facility with (2) above.
(c)United States Capitol grounds provisions applicable
Any building or facility acquired by the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to subsection (a) 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.
(d)Lease of buildings and facilities
In the case of a building or facility acquired through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with another person for the use of any portion of the building or facility that the Architect of the Capitol determines is not required to be used to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition of such building or facility under subsection (b).
(e)Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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. (c), 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. Codification Section was classified to section 166k 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

2005—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 109–55 added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2005 Amendment Pub. L. 109–55, title I, § 1202(b), Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 579, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to leases entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 2, 2005].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1819

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110