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2 U.S.C. § 2201 — Designation of facility as Capitol Visitor Center; purposes of facility; treatment of the Capitol Visitor Center
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**(a) Designation** The facility authorized for construction under the heading “Capitol Visitor Center” under chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–569) is designated as the Capitol Visitor Center and is a part of the Capitol.
**(b) Purposes of the facility** The Capitol Visitor Center shall be used—
(1) to provide enhanced security for persons working in or visiting the United States Capitol;
(2) to improve the visitor experience by providing a structure that will afford improved visitor orientation and enhance the educational experience of those who have come to learn about the Congress and the Capitol; and
(3) for other purposes as determined by Congress or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
**(c) Treatment of the Capitol Visitor Center**
(1) **Oversight** — The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have oversight of the Capitol Visitor Center.
(2) **Treatment of expansion space of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Capitol Visitor Center**
(A) *Senate* — The expansion space of the Senate described as unassigned space under the heading “Capitol Visitor Center” under the heading “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL” under title II of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes”, approved November 12, 2001 (Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be part of the Senate wing of the Capitol.
(B) *House of Representatives* — The expansion space of the House of Re
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**(a) Designation** The facility authorized for construction under the heading “Capitol Visitor Center” under chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–569) is designated as the Capitol Visitor Center and is a part of the Capitol.
**(b) Purposes of the facility** The Capitol Visitor Center shall be used—
(1) to provide enhanced security for persons working in or visiting the United States Capitol;
(2) to improve the visitor experience by providing a structure that will afford improved visitor orientation and enhance the educational experience of those who have come to learn about the Congress and the Capitol; and
(3) for other purposes as determined by Congress or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
**(c) Treatment of the Capitol Visitor Center**
(1) **Oversight** — The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have oversight of the Capitol Visitor Center.
(2) **Treatment of expansion space of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Capitol Visitor Center**
(A) *Senate* — The expansion space of the Senate described as unassigned space under the heading “Capitol Visitor Center” under the heading “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL” under title II of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes”, approved November 12, 2001 (Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be part of the Senate wing of the Capitol.
(B) *House of Representatives* — The expansion space of the House of Representatives described as unassigned space under the heading “Capitol Visitor Center” under the heading “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL” under title II of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes”, approved November 12, 2001 (Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be part of the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol.
**(d) Treatment of Congressional Auditorium and related adjacent areas**
(1) **In general** — The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall jointly prescribe regulations for the assignment of the space in the Capitol Visitor Center known as the Congressional Auditorium and the related adjacent areas.
(2) **Related adjacent areas** — The regulations under paragraph (1) shall include a designation of the areas that are related adjacent areas to the Congressional Auditorium.
**(e) Omitted**
**(f) Exhibits for displays**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Loan agreements* — Subject to subparagraph (B), the Architect of the Capitol may enter into loan agreements to place historical objects for display in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center.
(B) *Consultation and approval* — The Architect of the Capitol may exercise the authority under subparagraph (A) with respect to each loan agreement—
(i) after consultation with—
(I) the Senate Commission on Art; and
(II) the House of Representatives Fine Arts Board; and
(ii) subject to the approval of—
(I) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate; and
(II) the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
(C) *Effective date* — This paragraph shall take effect on December 3, 2008.
(2) **Omitted**
(3) **Exceptions to exhibition prohibition** — [Section 2134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section2134&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to any historical object placed within an exhibit in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center that—
(A)
(i) is directly related to the purpose of the Capitol Visitor Center under subsection (b)(2);
(ii) is the subject of a loan agreement entered into by the Architect of the Capitol before December 2, 2008; and
(iii) has been approved by the Capitol Preservation Commission; or
(B) is the subject of a loan agreement described under paragraph (1)(A).
(4) **Substitution of historical object** — A loan agreement described under paragraph (3)(A)(ii) may provide for the removal of an historical object from exhibition for preservation purposes and the substitution of that object with another historical object having a comparable educational purpose.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 90–264, title III, § 301, Mar. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 46; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 221(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750, related to Capitol educational and informational center and information and distribution stations and operation agreements.
#### Codification
Section was classified to section 831 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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No work of art or manufacture other than the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the National Statuary Hall, the Rotunda, Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center, or the corridors of the Capitol.
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act”.
**(b) Finding and purpose**
(1) **Finding** — The Congress finds that the Office of the Architect of the Capitol should develop human resources management programs that are consistent with the practices common among other Federal and private sector organizations.
(2) **Purpose** — It is the purpose of this section to require the Architect of the Capitol to establish and maintain a personnel management system that incorporates fundamental principles that exist in other modern personnel systems.
**(c) Personnel management system**
(1) **Establishment** — The Architect of the Capitol shall establish and maintain a personnel management system.
(2) **Requirements** — The personnel management system shall at a minimum include the following:
(A) A system which ensures that applicants for employment and employees of the Architect of the Capitol are appointed, promoted, and assigned on the basis of merit and fitness after fair and equitable consideration of all applicants and employees through open competition.
(B) An equal employment opportunity program which includes an affirmative employment program for employees and applicants for employment, and procedures for monitoring progress by the Architect of the Capitol in ensuring a workforce reflective of the diverse labor force.
(C) A system for the classification of positions which takes into account the difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work performed, and which conforms to the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work.
(D) A program for the training of Architect of the Capitol employees which has among its goals improved employee performance and opportunities for emplo
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There is established within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center (in this chapter referred to as the “Office”), to be headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services (in this chapter referred to as the “Chief Executive Officer”).
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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) the operation, management, and budget preparation and execution of the Capitol Visitor Center, including all long term planning and daily operational services and activities provided within the Capitol Visitor Center; and
(B) in accordance with sections 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section2271/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (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—
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**(a) Security jurisdiction unaffected** Nothing in this chapter granting any authority to the Architect of the Capitol or Chief Executive Officer shall be construed to affect the exclusive jurisdiction of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives to provide security for the Capitol, including the Capitol Visitor Center.
**(b) Architect of the Capitol jurisdiction unaffected**
(1) **In general** — Nothing in this chapter granting any authority to the Chief Executive Officer shall be construed to affect the exclusive jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol for the care and superintendence of the Capitol Visitor Center. All maintenance services, groundskeeping services, improvements, alterations, additions, and repairs for the Capitol Visitor Center shall be made under the direction and supervision of the Architect, subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the House Office Building Commission as to matters of general policy.
(2) **Omitted**
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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this chapter.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 2201
June 23, 1913, ch. 3, 38 Stat. 44.
Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, 37 Stat. 454.
Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1414.
June 25, 1910, ch. 384, 36 Stat. 738.
§ 2186. Square 580 landscape maintenance
For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year there-
after, the Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized
to maintain and improve the landscape features,
excluding streets, in Square 580 up to the begin-
ning of I–395.
(Pub. L. 114–113, div. I, title II, § 206, Dec. 18, 2015,
129 Stat. 2672.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in the following prior appropriation act:
Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title II, § 206, Dec. 16, 2014, 128
Stat. 2542.
CHAPTER 31—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
SUBCHAPTER I—IN GENERAL
Sec.
2201.
Designation of facility as Capitol Visitor Cen-
ter; purposes of facility; treatment of the
Capitol Visitor Center.
2202.
Designation and naming within the Capitol
Visitor Center.
2203.
Use of the Emancipation Hall of the Capitol
Visitor Center.
SUBCHAPTER II—OFFICE OF THE CAPITOL
VISITOR CENTER
2211.
Establishment.
2212.
Appointment and supervision of Chief Execu-
tive Officer for Visitor Services.
2213.
General duties of Chief Executive Officer.
2214.
Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer.
2215.
Gift Shop.
2216.
Food service operations.
SUBCHAPTER III—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
REVOLVING FUND
2231.
Establishment and accounts.
2232.
Deposits in the Fund.
2233.
Use of monies.
2234.
Administration of Fund.
SUBCHAPTER IV—CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND
OFFICE
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
ACCESSIBILITY
SERVICES
PART A—CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
2241.
Transfer of Capitol Guide Service.
2242.
Duties of employees of
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