2 U.S.C. § 2213: General duties of Chief…

Summary

The Chief Executive Officer must run and plan the Capitol Visitor Center. That includes daily operations, long‑term planning, making and carrying out the Center’s budget, and managing guided tours of the Capitol (under sections 2241 and 2242). The Architect of the Capitol must include the Office’s proposed budget in the Architect’s budget sent to the President, and that Office budget is considered separately. When the CEO makes the Office budget, they must leave out costs tied to general maintenance and repair of the Visitor Center (per section 2271(b)). The Architect, on the CEO’s recommendation, may hire staff (no pay above the GS‑15 rate), spend available funds (following rules for the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund), and name a contracting officer. No contract for Visitor Center operations over $250,000 may be made without prior approval from the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration. The CEO must send both committees a report within 45 days after March 31 and September 30 each year. Each report must show finances and explain current operations, new policies or procedures, and future plans.

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(a)Administration of facilities, services, and activities

(1)In general

Except to the extent otherwise provided in this chapter, the Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for— (A)

(B)in accordance with section 2241 and 2242 of this title, the management of guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol.

(2)Independent budget consideration

(A)In general

The Architect of the Capitol, upon recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer, shall submit the proposed budget for the Office for a fiscal year in the proposed budget for that year for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (as submitted by the Architect of the Capitol to the President). The proposed budget for the Office shall be considered independently from the other components of the proposed budget for the Architect of the Capitol.

(B)Exclusion of costs of general maintenance and repair of Visitor Center

In preparing the proposed budget for the Office under subparagraph (A), the Chief Executive Officer shall exclude costs attributable to the activities and services described under section 2271(b) of this title (relating to continuing jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol for the care and superintendence of the Capitol Visitor Center).

(b)Personnel, disbursements, and contracts

In carrying out this chapter, the Architect of the Capitol shall have the authority to, upon recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer—

(1)appoint, hire, and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary for operations of the Office, except that no employee may be paid at an annual rate in excess of the maximum rate payable for level 15 of the General Schedule;

(2)disburse funds as may be necessary and available for the needs of the Office (consistent with the requirements of section 2233 of this title in the case of amounts in the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund); and

(3)designate an employee of the Office to serve as contracting officer for the Office, subject to subsection (c).

(c)Requiring approval of certain contracts

The Architect of the Capitol may not enter into a contract for the operations of the Capitol Visitor Center for which the amount involved exceeds $250,000 without the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.

(d)Semiannual reports

The Chief Executive Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives not later than 45 days following the close of each semiannual period ending on March 31 or September 30 of each year on the financial and operational status during the period of each function under the jurisdiction of the Chief Executive Officer. Each such report shall include financial statements and a description or explanation of current operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures, and future plans for each function.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 110–437, Oct. 20, 2008, 122 Stat. 4983, known as the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2201 of this title and Tables. The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§2213 General Duties of Chief Executive Officer