Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§4902 John W. Mccormack Residential Page School
Title 2 › CHAPTER 49 — CONGRESSIONAL PAGES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 4902
Summary
A fireproof building will be built near the U.S. Capitol to serve as dormitories and classrooms, with furniture and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. The Architect of the Capitol must prepare the plans and the Senate and House Office Building Commissions must both approve the site and plans. The Architect may buy, condemn, transfer, or otherwise get nearby D.C. property (including alleys and streets inside the curblines) to build the complex. Any condemnation must follow subchapter IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code. U.S.-owned land and nearby alleys or streets taken for this project can be moved under the Architect of the Capitol’s control if the Architect asks and the two commissions agree. The Mayor of D.C. must close the alleys or streets inside the curblines if asked by the Architect with the commissions’ approval. Once bought, the land becomes part of the United States Capitol Grounds and is covered by sections 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40. The building will be named the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. The Architect will run its protection, care, maintenance, and use (but not the U.S. Capitol Police), under the joint direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. The Architect must give Congress yearly cost estimates for these services, except for police, school operations, and personal supervision of pages. The Speaker and the President pro tempore will set rules for the Architect. They will also pick one House officer and one Senate officer (not Members) to supervise resident pages, set rules about living in the school (including curfews and conduct), and hire a Residence Superintendent of Pages and any extra staff and set their pay. This does not change the rules in section 4903 about page education and other minors who are congressional employees.
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Title 2, §4902
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(a)Construction authorization for dormitory and classroom facilities complex
There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with plans which shall be prepared by or under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and which shall be submitted to and jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, a fireproof building containing dormitory and classroom facilities, including necessary furnishings and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
(b)Acquisition of property in District of Columbia
The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, such publicly or privately owned real property in the District of Columbia (including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within the curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity of the United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, for the purpose of constructing on such real property, in accordance with this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom facilities complex for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
(c)Condemnation proceedings
Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection (b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code.
(d)Transfer of United States owned property
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be transferred, upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol.
(e)Alley and street closures by Mayor of the District of Columbia
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be closed and vacated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission.
(f)United States Capitol Grounds provisions applicable
Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of section 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40.
(g)Designation; employment of services under supervision and control of Architect of the Capitol: joint approval and direction of Speaker and President pro tempore; annual estimates to Congress; regulations governing Architect of the Capitol
The building constructed on the real property acquired under this section shall be designated the “John W. McCormack Residential Page School”. The employment of all services (other than that of the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, maintenance, and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol. Such supervision and control shall be subject to the joint approval and direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol Police or those provided in connection with the conduct of school operations and the personal supervision of pages, and for all other expenses in connection with the protection, care, maintenance, and use of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. The Speaker and the President pro tempore shall prescribe, from time to time, regulations governing the Architect in the provision of services and the protection, care, and maintenance, of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School.
(h)Joint appointee for supervision and control over page activities; regulations; Residence Superintendent of Pages: appointment, compensation, and duties; additional personnel: appointment and compensation
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of the House and an officer of the Senate, other than a Member of the House or Senate, who shall jointly exercise supervision and control over the activities of the pages resident in the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. With the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, such officers so designated shall prescribe regulations governing—
(1)the actual use and occupancy of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School including, if necessary, the imposition of a curfew for pages;
(2)the conduct of pages generally; and
(3)other matters pertaining to the supervision, direction, safety, and well-being of pages in off-duty hours.
Such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rate of pay of a Residence Superintendent of Pages, who shall perform such duties with respect to the supervision of pages resident therein as those officials shall prescribe. In addition, such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rates of pay of such additional personnel as may be necessary to assist those officers and the Residence Superintendent of Pages in carrying out their functions under this section.
(i)section 4903 of this title unaffected
Nothing in this part shall affect the operation of section 4903 of this title, relating to educational facilities of pages and other minors who are congressional employees.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 1922, 1961, 1966, 1967, and 1969 of this title and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40, referred to in subsec. (f), was in the original a reference to the Act entitled “An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes”, approved
July 31, 1946, which is act
July 31, 1946, ch. 707, 60 Stat. 718. section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 14 of the Act are classified, respectively, to section 1961, 1966, 1967, 1922, and 1969 of this title, and section 16(b) of the Act is set out as a note under section 1961 of this title. Sections 1 to 8, 10 to 13, and 16(a) of the Act, which were classified to sections 193a to 193m of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, were repealed and reenacted as sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1312, the first section of which enacted Title 40. section 5(c) of Pub. L. 107–217, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 40, provides that a reference to a law replaced by section 1 of Pub. L. 107–217 is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by Pub. L. 107–217. For complete classification of the act of
July 31, 1946, to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of former Title 40, see table at the beginning of Title 40. This part, referred to in subsec. (i), means part 9 of title IV of Pub. L. 91–510, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1199, which enacted this section and section 4901 of this title, repealed section 88c of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 4901 of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2161 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 184a 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
1996—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “section 88a of title 2 or” after “affect the operation of”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, § 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198. Accordingly, “Mayor” substituted in subsec. (e) for “commissioners”. Acquisition of Property as Site for John W. McCormack Residential Page School Pub. L. 92–607, ch. V, Oct. 31, 1972, 86 Stat. 1512, authorized Architect of the Capitol to acquire certain specified real estate for use as a green park area pending its development for permanent use as site of John W. McCormack Residential Page School.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 4902
Title 2, The Congress
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110