Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§2215 Gift Shop
Title 2 › CHAPTER 31 — CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER › SUBCHAPTER II — OFFICE OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER › § 2215
Summary
The Architect of the Capitol, through the Chief Executive Officer, must set up a gift shop inside the Capitol Visitor Center to sell items. Money from those sales and services must be put into the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund (section 2231), and the ban on sales or solicitation in 40 U.S.C. 5104(c) does not apply to the shop.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §2215
The Congress, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Establishment
The Architect of the Capitol, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, shall establish a Capitol Visitor Center Gift Shop within the Capitol Visitor Center for the purpose of providing for the sale of gift items. All moneys received from sales and other services by the Capitol Visitor Center Gift Shop shall be deposited in the Capitol Visitor Center Revolving Fund established under section 2231 of this title and shall be available for purposes of this section.
(b)Exception to prohibition of sale or solicitation on Capitol grounds
section 5104(c) of title 40 shall not apply to any activity carried out under this section.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
2 U.S.C. § 2215
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110