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Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60

§1833 Lighting, Heating, and Ventilating House of Representatives

Title 2 › Chapter 28— ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › Subchapter III— PERSONNEL › Part A— General › § 1833

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

All electricians, engineers, and other workers who handle the House’s electrical equipment, heating, or ventilation must follow the orders and direction of the Architect of the Capitol, with the Speaker having overall control. Nobody in these jobs can be hired or removed without the Speaker’s approval.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1833

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The electrician, together with everything pertaining to the electrical machinery and apparatus, and the ventilation and heating of the House of Representatives, and all laborers and others connected with the lighting, heating, and ventilating thereof, shall be subject exclusively to the orders, and in all respects under the direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his approval. And all engineers and others who are engaged in heating and ventilating the House shall be subject to the orders, and in all respects under the direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his approval.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 167 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. Section, except the words “and the ventilation and heating of the House of Representatives,” is based on act Mar. 3, 1881, popularly known as the “Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act”. The excepted words were based on act Mar. 3, 1877, popularly known as the “Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1878”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

of Architect of the Capitol, functions abolished, transferred, etc., by prior acts, see

Prior Provisions

and

Change of Name

notes set out under former section 1801 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1833

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60