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2 U.S.C. § 2102 — Duties of Commission
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**(a) In general** The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to supervise, hold, place, protect, and make known all works of art, historical objects, and exhibits within the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, any Senate Office Buildings, and in all rooms, spaces, and corridors thereof, which are the property of the United States, and in its judgment to accept any works of art, historical objects, or exhibits which may hereafter be offered, given, or devised to the Senate, its committees, and its officers for placement and exhibition in the Senate wing of the Capitol, the Senate Office Buildings, or in rooms, spaces, or corridors thereof.
**(b) Issuance and publication of regulations** The Commission shall prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary for the care, protection, and placement of such works of art, exhibits, and historical objects in the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate Office Buildings, and for their acceptance on behalf of the Senate, its committees, and officers. Such regulations shall be published in the Congressional Record at such time or times as the Commission may deem necessary for the information of the Members of the Senate and the public.
**(c) Consistency of regulations** Regulations authorized by the provisions of [section 2183 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section2183&num=0&edition=prelim) to be issued by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate for the protection of the Capitol, and any regulations issued, or activities undertaken, by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, or the Architect of the Capitol, in carrying out duties relating to the care, preservation, and protection of the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate Office Buildings, shall
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**(a) In general** The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to supervise, hold, place, protect, and make known all works of art, historical objects, and exhibits within the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, any Senate Office Buildings, and in all rooms, spaces, and corridors thereof, which are the property of the United States, and in its judgment to accept any works of art, historical objects, or exhibits which may hereafter be offered, given, or devised to the Senate, its committees, and its officers for placement and exhibition in the Senate wing of the Capitol, the Senate Office Buildings, or in rooms, spaces, or corridors thereof.
**(b) Issuance and publication of regulations** The Commission shall prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary for the care, protection, and placement of such works of art, exhibits, and historical objects in the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate Office Buildings, and for their acceptance on behalf of the Senate, its committees, and officers. Such regulations shall be published in the Congressional Record at such time or times as the Commission may deem necessary for the information of the Members of the Senate and the public.
**(c) Consistency of regulations** Regulations authorized by the provisions of [section 2183 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section2183&num=0&edition=prelim) to be issued by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate for the protection of the Capitol, and any regulations issued, or activities undertaken, by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, or the Architect of the Capitol, in carrying out duties relating to the care, preservation, and protection of the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate Office Buildings, shall be consistent with such rules and regulations as the Commission may issue pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
**(d) Responsibilities of Committee on Rules and Administration of Senate** The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate in consultation with the Architect of the Capitol and consistent with regulations prescribed by the Commission under subsection (b) of this section, shall have responsibility for the supervision, protection, and placement of all works of art, historical objects, and exhibits which shall have been accepted on behalf of the Senate by the Commission or acknowledged as United States property by inventory of the Commission, and which may be lodged in the Senate wing of the Capitol or the Senate Office Buildings by the Commission.
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The Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the public property therein, and they shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating such regulations, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 2102
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 188b 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.
Section is based on section 1 of Senate Resolution No.
382, Ninetieth Congress, Oct. 1, 1968, which was enacted
into permanent law and amended by Pub. L. 100–696.
AMENDMENTS
2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–83, § 3(d)(1)(A), sub-
stituted ‘‘The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of
the Senate shall be the chairman and vice chairman,
respectively, of the Commission.’’ for ‘‘The Commission
shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman at the be-
ginning of each Congress.’’
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–83, § 3(d)(1)(B), added subsec.
(c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as fol-
lows: ‘‘The Commission shall select a Curator of Art
and Antiquities of the Senate who shall be appointed
by and be an employee of the Secretary of the Senate.
The Curator shall serve at the pleasure of the Commis-
sion, shall perform such duties as it may prescribe, and
shall receive compensation at a gross rate, not to ex-
ceed $22,089 per annum to be fixed by the Commission.
At the request of the Commission the Secretary of the
Senate shall detail to the Commission such additional
professional, clerical, and other assistants as, from
time to time, it deems necessary.’’
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–696, § 901(b)(3), sub-
stituted ‘‘Senate Commission on Art’’ for ‘‘Commission
on Art and Antiquities of the United States Senate’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–696, § 901(b)(1), inserted ‘‘The
Secretary of the Senate shall be the Executive Sec-
retary of the Commission’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SENATE RULEMA
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