Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§2182 Use of Space Formerly Occupied by Library of Congress
Title 2 › CHAPTER 30 — OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX › SUBCHAPTER VIII — MISCELLANEOUS › § 2182
Summary
Library of Congress rooms in the Capitol must be split into three stories. The third becomes a reference library for the Senate and House; on the first two stories, space north of an east–west line through the Rotunda goes to the Senate, south to the House.
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Title 2, §2182
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The rooms and space recently occupied by the Library of Congress in the Capitol building shall be divided into three stories, the third story of which shall be fitted up and used for a reference library for the Senate and House of Representatives, and that portion of the other two stories north of a line drawn east and west through the center of the Rotunda shall be used for such purpose as may be designated by the Senate of the United States, and that portion of the first and second stories south of said line shall be used for such purpose as may be designated by the House of Representatives.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 190b 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. § 2182
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102