2 U.S.C. § 2052 — Senate restaurant deficit fund; deposit of

Page 463 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 2061 REGULATIONS Pub. L. 116–21, § 1(b), June 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 903, pro- vided that: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Per- sonnel Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section [amending this section and en- acting provisions set out as a note under this section]. ‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall take effect not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [June 12, 2019].’’ § 2052. Senate restaurant deficit fund; deposit of proceeds from surcharge on orders The Committee on Rules and Administration of the United States Senate is authorized and di- rected hereafter to add a minimum of 10 per cen- tum to each order in excess of 10 cents served in the Senate restaurants and 20 per centum to all orders served outside of said restaurants, and the proceeds accruing therefrom shall be placed in a fund to be used in the payment of any def- icit incurred in the management of such kitch- ens and restaurants. (May 18, 1937, ch. 223, § 1, 50 Stat. 173; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, 60 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 121 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration’’ for ‘‘Committee on Rules’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1946 AMENDMENT Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, pro- vided that the amendment made by that act is effective Jan. 2, 1947. SUBCHAPTER IV—CHILD CARE § 2061. Designation of play areas on Capitol grounds for children attending day care cen- ter (a) Authority of Capitol Police Board Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (b), the Capitol Police Board is au- thorized to designate certain portions of the Capitol grounds (other than a portion within the area bounded on the North by Constitution Ave- nue, on the South by Independence Avenue, on the East by First Street, and on the West by First Street) for use exclusively as play areas for the benefit of children attending a day care center which is established for the primary pur- pose of providing child care for the children of Members and employees of the Senate or the House of Representatives. (b) Required approval; fences; termination of au- thority (1) In the case of any such designation referred to in subsection (a) involving a day care center established for the benefit of children of Mem- bers and employees of the Senate, the designa- tion shall be with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the ben- efit of children of Members and employees of the House of Representatives, the designation shall be with the approval of the House Committee on House Oversight, with the concurrence of the House Office Building Commission. (2) The Architect of the Capitol shall enclose with a fence any area designated pursuant to subsection (a) as a play area. (3) The authority to use an area designated pursuant to subsection (a) as a play area may be terminated at any time by the Committee which approved such designation. (c) Playground equipment; required approval Nothing in this or any other Act shall be con- strued as prohibiting any day care center re- ferred to in subsection (a) from placing play- ground equipment within an area designated pursuant to subsection (a) for use solely in con- nection with the operation of such center, sub- ject to, in the case of a day care center estab- lished for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the Senate, the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the benefit of children of Members and employ- ees of the House of Representatives, the ap- proval of the House Committee on House Over- sight, with the concurrence of the House Office Building Commission. (d) Day care center The day care center referred to in S. Res. 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, is a day care center for which space may be designated under subsection (a) for use as a play area. (Pub. L. 98–392, § 3, Aug. 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 221(14), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT S. Res. 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, re- ferred to in subsec. (d), is dated Nov. 14, 1983, and reads as follows: ‘‘Resolved, That payment is authorized from the contingent fund of the Senate in an amount not to exceed $20,000 for the start-up costs, including the pro- curement of the services of individual consultants or organizations, for a Senate day care center, which shall be ready for occupancy by January 1, 1984. ‘‘SEC. 2. Payments under this resolution shall be paid from the appropriation account for ‘Miscellaneous Items’ in the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. ‘‘SEC. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall supervise any contract entered into on behalf of the Senate, under authority of this resolution. Such contract shall not be subject to the provisions of sec- tion 5 of title 41 of the United States Code [now 41 U.S.C. 6101] or any other provision of law requiring ad- vertising.’’ CODIFICATION Section was classified to section 214b 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—Subsecs. (b)(1), (c). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘House Oversight’’ for ‘‘House Administration’’.