Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§2005 Vacant Rooms; Assignment to Representatives
Title 2 › Chapter 30— OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › Subchapter I— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › § 2005
Summary
A House Member or Member-elect may file a written request with the Architect for any office when it becomes vacant. If only one person asks, they get the room. If two or more ask for the same room, the Member with the longest continuous service gets it. If service is equal, the person who filed first gets it.
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Title 2, §2005
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Any Member or Member-elect of the House of Representatives may file with the Architect of the Capitol a request in writing that any individual office room be assigned to him whenever it shall become vacant. If only one such request has been made for any room which shall at any time have become vacant, the room shall be assigned as requested. If two or more requests are made for the same vacant room, preference shall be given to the Representative making the request who has been longest in continuous service as a Member and Member-elect of the House of Representatives. If two or more Representatives with equal length of continuous service, or two or more Representatives-elect make request for the same room, preference shall be given to the one first preferring his request.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 178 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.
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.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 2005
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60