2 U.S.C. § 2042 — Senate Restaurants; management by Ar-

Page 457 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 2044 in service) as described in paragraph (3), as if such indi- vidual had not ceased to be an employee described in paragraph (1). Such election shall be made on or before the day referred to in paragraph (1) and shall be avail- able only to an individual whose transition from the employment described in paragraph (1) to the employ- ment described in paragraph (3) takes place without a break in service. ‘‘(b) The provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are— ‘‘(1) subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code (including section 8339(m) of such title (which shall be applied, when an employee retires on an immediate annuity or dies, as if the employment at the time of retirement or death were under a for- mal leave system), with respect to unused sick leave to the credit of an employee on the day referred to in subsection (a)(1)); ‘‘(2) chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code; and ‘‘(3) title III of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986 [sections 301 to 312 of Pub. L. 99–335, see Tables for classification]. ‘‘(c)(1) At the earliest practicable opportunity, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, in consultation with the Architect of the Capitol, pre- scribe regulations to carry out this section with re- spect to matters within the jurisdiction of the Office, including regulations under which— ‘‘(A) an individual who makes an election under subsection (a) shall pay into the Civil Service Retire- ment and Disability Fund any employee contribu- tions which would be required if such individual were a Congressional employee; and ‘‘(B) the employer furnishing food services under a contract referred to in subsection (a) shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund amounts equal to any agency contributions which would be required if the individual were a Congres- sional employee. ‘‘(2) At the earliest practicable opportunity, the Ex- ecutive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift In- vestment Board shall, in consultation with the Archi- tect of the Capitol, prescribe regulations to carry out this section with respect to matters within the juris- diction of the Board.’’ § 2042. Senate Restaurants; management by Ar- chitect of the Capitol Effective August 1, 1961, the management of the Senate Restaurants and all matters con- nected therewith, heretofore under the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Adminis- tration, shall be under the direction of the Ar- chitect of the Capitol under such rules and regu- lations as the Architect may prescribe for the operation and the employment of necessary as- sistance for the conduct of said restaurants by such business methods as may produce the best results consistent with economical and modern management, subject to the approval of the Sen- ate Committee on Rules and Administration as to matters of general policy: Provided, That the management of the Senate Restaurants by the Architect of the Capitol shall cease and the res- taurants revert from the jurisdiction of the Ar- chitect of the Capitol to the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration upon adoption by that committee of a resolution ordering such transfer of jurisdiction at any time hereafter. The provisions of section 5104(c) of title 40, except for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity car- ried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Pub. L. 87–82, § 1, July 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 199; Pub. L. 106–57, title I, § 5, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 412.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Section 5104(c) of title 40’’ substituted in text for ‘‘section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Section was classified to section 174j–1 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 1999—Pub. L. 106–57 inserted at end: ‘‘The provisions of section 193d of this title, except for the provisions re- lating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the ap- proval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’ § 2043. Authorization and direction to effectuate purposes of sections 2042 to 2047 of this title The Architect of the Capitol is authorized and directed to carry into effect for the United States Senate the provisions of sections 2042 to 2047 of this title and to exercise the authorities contained herein, and any resolution of the Sen- ate amendatory hereof or supplementary hereto hereafter adopted. Such authority and direction shall continue until the United States Senate shall by resolution otherwise order, or until the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration shall by resolution order the restaurants to be returned to the committee’s jurisdiction. (Pub. L. 87–82, § 3, July 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 199.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Herein, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 87–82, July 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 199, which enacted sections 2042 to 2047 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was classified to section 174j–3 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. § 2044. Special deposit account There is established with the Treasurer of the United States a special deposit account in the name of the Architect of the Capitol for the United States Senate Restaurants, into which shall be deposited all sums received pursuant to sections 2042 to 2047 of this title or any amend- atory or supplementary resolutions hereafter adopted and from the operations thereunder and from which shall be disbursed the sums nec- essary in connection with the exercise of the du- ties required under sections 2042 to 2047 of this title or any amendatory or supplementary reso- lutions and the operations thereunder. Any amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1973 and thereafter from the Treasury of the United States, which shall be part of a ‘‘Contingent Ex- penses of the Senate’’ item for the particular fis- cal year involved, shall be paid to the Architect of the Capitol by the Secretary of the Senate at such times and in such sums as the Senate Com- mittee on Rules and Administration may ap-