§1823 Acquisition of Real Property for Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate

Summary

The Architect of the Capitol may get land or buildings (by buying, leasing, getting them from another federal agency, or other ways) for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to help Senate operations. The Committee on Rules and Administration must approve any acquisition, and money must be available plus the Committee on Appropriations must approve an obligation plan. With approval of the Committee on Appropriations, the Secretary of the Senate may move money for buying or keeping that property from the Senate’s contingent expenses account for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to the Architect of the Capitol’s Senate Office Buildings account. This rule starts in fiscal year 2007 and continues every year after.