Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§2004 Assignment of Rooms in House Office Building
Title 2 › Chapter 30— OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › Subchapter I— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › § 2004
Summary
Rooms in the House Office Building assigned before May 28, 1908 must remain in effect until they are changed under sections 2004 to 2011. A room given to a Representative stays that Representative’s personal office while they are a Member or Member-elect, or until they give it up, but it must follow the rules in sections 2004–2011 and cannot be used for other purposes.
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Title 2, §2004
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The assignment of rooms in the House Office Building, made prior to May 28, 1908, by resolution or order of the House of Representatives, shall continue in force until modified or changed in accordance with the provisions of sections 2004 to 2011 of this title, and the room so assigned to any Representative shall continue to be held by such Representative as his individual office room so long as he shall remain a Member or Member-elect of the House of Representatives, or until he shall relinquish the same, subject, however, to the provisions of said sections, and no Representative shall allow his office room to be used for any other purpose.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 177 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.
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2 U.S.C. § 2004
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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