Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§2042 Senate Restaurants; Management by Architect of the Capitol
Title 2 › CHAPTER 30 — OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › SUBCHAPTER III — RESTAURANTS › § 2042
Summary
Effective August 1, 1961, the Architect of the Capitol must run the Senate Restaurants, set rules, and hire staff using efficient, modern business methods. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration must approve general policy and may take back control anytime by passing a resolution. Section 5104(c) of title 40, except solicitation rules, does not apply, but such activities still need the Committee’s approval.
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Title 2, §2042
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Effective August 1, 1961, the management of the Senate Restaurants and all matters connected therewith, heretofore under the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, shall be under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol under such rules and regulations as the Architect may prescribe for the operation and the employment of necessary assistance for the conduct of said restaurants by such business methods as may produce the best results consistent with economical and modern management, subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration as to matters of general policy: Provided, That the management of the Senate Restaurants by the Architect of the Capitol shall cease and the restaurants revert from the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol to the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration upon adoption by that committee of a resolution ordering such transfer of jurisdiction at any time hereafter. The provisions of section 5104(c) of title 40, except for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification “section 5104(c) of title 40” substituted in text for “section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Section was classified to section 174j–1 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
1999—Pub. L. 106–57 inserted at end: “The provisions of section 193d of this title, except for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.”
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2 U.S.C. § 2042
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102