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2 U.S.C. § 2134 — Art exhibits
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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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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) 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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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 2142
returned to the Capitol for display unless such
display is specifically authorized by Federal law.
(e) Relocation of statues
The Architect of the Capitol, upon the ap-
proval of the Joint Committee on the Library
and with the advice of the Commission of Fine
Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to
relocate within the United States Capitol any of
the statues received from the States under sec-
tion 2131 of this title prior to December 21, 2000,
and to provide for the reception, location, and
relocation of the statues received on and after
December 21, 2000, from the States under such
section.
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(2) [title III, § 311], Dec. 21,
2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–119.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 187a 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
LOCATION OF STATUES
House Concurrent Resolution 47, passed Feb. 24, 1933,
47 Stat. Part 2, 1784, provided: ‘‘That the Architect of
the Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint Committee
on the Library, with the advice of the Commission of
Fine Arts, is hereby authorized and directed to relocate
within the Capitol any of the statues already received
and placed in Statuary Hall, and to provide for the re-
ception and location of the statues received hereafter
from the States.’’
§ 2133. Acceptance and supervision of works of
fine arts
The Joint Committee on the Library, when-
ever, in their judgment, it is expedient, are au-
thorized to accept any work of the fine arts, on
behalf of Congress, which may be offered, and to
assign the same such place in the Capitol as
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