3 U.S.C. § 110 — Furniture for the Executive Residence at

Page 33 TITLE 3—THE PRESIDENT § 110 § 108. Assistance to the President for unantici- pated needs (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 each fiscal year to enable the President, in his discretion, to meet unanticipated needs for the furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense, including personnel needs and needs for services described in section 3109(b) of title 5, and administrative expenses related thereto, without regard to any provision of law regu- lating the employment or compensation of per- sons in the Government service or regulating ex- penditures of Government funds. (b) The President shall transmit a report to each House of the Congress for each fiscal year beginning on or after the effective date of this subsection which sets forth the purposes for which expenditures were made under this sec- tion for such fiscal year and the amount ex- pended for each such purpose. Each such report shall be transmitted no later than 60 days after the close of the fiscal year covered by such re- port. (c) An individual may not be paid under the authority of this section at a rate of pay in ex- cess of the rate of basic pay then currently paid for level II of the Executive Schedule of section 5313 of title 5. (Added Pub. L. 95–570, § 2(a), Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2449.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For the effective date of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (b), see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under sec- tion 102 of this title. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 108, act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 679, directing the Quartermaster General of the Army to provide suitable accommodations for the horses, car- riages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office, was repealed by act June 28, 1950, ch. 383, title IV, § 401(j), 64 Stat. 271. Insofar as prior section 108, by virtue of a former pro- viso in section 401 of act June 28, 1950, continued to re- main in effect to the extent that it was applicable to the Department of the Air Force, and the United States Air Force, it was additionally repealed by act Sept. 19, 1951, ch. 407, title IV, § 401(a)(1), 65 Stat. 333. Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(2), 65 Stat. 701, repealed that part of act Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1404, from which prior section 108, as enacted by act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, § 1, 62 Stat. 672, had been derived. That part of the 1911 act had previously been repealed by sec- tion 3 of the 1948 act. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 102 of this title. § 109. Public property in and belonging to the Ex- ecutive Residence at the White House The steward, housekeeper, or such other em- ployee of the Executive Residence at the White House as the President may designate, shall under the direction of the President, have the charge and custody of and be responsible for the plate, furniture, and public property therein. A complete inventory, in proper books, shall be made annually in the month of June, under the direction of the Director of the National Park Service, of all the public property in and belong- ing to the Executive Residence at the White House, showing when purchased, its cost, condi- tion, and final disposition. This inventory shall be submitted to the President for his approval, and shall then be kept for reference in the office of the Director of the National Park Service, which shall furnish a copy thereof to the stew- ard, housekeeper, or other employee responsible for the property. (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 679; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 201, June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 95–570, § 5(b)(1), Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2450.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1978—Pub. L. 95–570 substituted in section catchline ‘‘the Executive Residence at the White House’’ for ‘‘Ex- ecutive Mansion’’ and in text ‘‘Executive Residence at the White House’’ for ‘‘Executive Mansion’’ in two places. 1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which re- quired a bond in the sum of $10,000 from the person hav- ing charge and custody of the plate, furniture, and pub- lic property. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with two exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and em- ployees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 110. Furniture for the Executive Residence at the White House All furniture purchased for the use of the Ex- ecutive Residence at the White House shall be, as far as practicable, of domestic manufacture. With a view to conserving in the Executive Resi- dence at the White House the best specimens of the early American furniture and furnishings, and for the purpose of maintaining the interior of the Executive Residence at the White House in keeping with its original design, the Director of the National Park Service is authorized and directed, with the approval of the President, to accept donations of furniture and furnishings for use in the Executive Residence at the White House, all such articles thus donated to become the property of the United States and to be ac- counted for as such. The said Director of the Na- tional Park Service is further authorized and di- Page 34 TITLE 3—THE PRESIDENT § 110 rected, with the approval of the President, to appoint a temporary committee composed of one representative of the American Federation of Arts, one representative of the National Com- mission of Fine Arts, one representative of the National Academy of Design, one member of the American Institute of Architects, and five mem- bers representing the public at large; the said committee to have full power to select and pass on the articles in question and to recommend the same for acceptance. (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 679; Pub. L. 95–570, § 5(c)(1), Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2451.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1978—Pub. L. 95–570 inserted in section catchline ‘‘the Executive Residence at the’’ before ‘‘White House’’ and substituted in text ‘‘Executive Residence at the White House’’ for ‘‘President’s House’’ and ‘‘Executive Resi- dence at the White House’’ for ‘‘White House’’ wherever appearing. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title. COMMISSION ON RENOVATION OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION Act Apr. 14, 1949, ch. 51, 63 Stat. 45, authorized ap- pointment of a commission of six to supervise and ap- prove all construction plans and work necessary to remedy the present unsafe conditions in the Executive Mansion and to modernize same. WHITE HOUSE; ADMINISTRATION; PRESERVATION OF MU- SEUM CHARACTER; ARTICLES OF HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST Pub. L. 87–286, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 586, provided: ‘‘That all of that portion of reservation numbered 1 in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, which is within the President’s park enclosure, comprising eighteen and seven one-hundredths acres, shall con- tinue to be known as the White House and shall be ad- ministered pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; [former] 16 U.S.C. 1–3 [see 18 U.S.C. 1865(a), 54 U.S.C. 100101(a), 100301 et seq., 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 102101]), and Acts supplementary thereto and amend- atory thereof. In carrying out this Act primary atten- tion shall be given to the preservation and interpreta- tion of the museum character of the principal corridor on the ground floor and the principal public rooms on the first floor of the White House, but nothing done under this Act shall conflict with the administration of the Executive offices of the President or with the use and occupancy of the buildings and grounds as the home of the President and his family and for his offi- cial purposes. ‘‘SEC. 2. Articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects of the White House, when declared by the Presi- dent to be of historic or artistic interest, together with such similar articles, fixtures, and objects as are ac- quired by the White House in the future when similarly so declared, shall thereafter be considered to be in- alienable and the property of the White House. Any such article, fixture, or object when not in use or on display in the White House shall be transferred by di- rection of the President as a loan to the Smithsonian Institution for its care, study, and storage or exhi- bition and such articles, fixtures, and objects shall be returned to the White House from the Smithsonian In- stitution on notice by the President. ‘‘SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall alter any privi- leges, powers, or duties vested in the White House Po- lice and the United States Secret Service, Treasury De- partment, by [former] section 202 of title 3, United States Code, and section 3056 of title 18, United States Code.’’ [For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, includ- ing the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury re- lating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganiza- tion Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.] Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of such De- partment, with two exceptions, transferred to Sec- retary of the Interior, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 109 of this title. EX. ORD. NO. 11145. CURATOR OF WHITE HOUSE; COMMITTEE FOR PRESERVATION OF WHITE HOUSE Ex. Ord. No. 11145, Mar. 7, 1964, 29 F.R. 3189, as amend- ed by Ex. Ord. No. 11565, Oct. 13, 1970, 35 F.R. 16155, pro- vided: WHEREAS the White House, as the home of the high- est elective officer of the United States —symbolizes the American ideal of responsible self- government —is emblematic of our democracy and our national purpose —has been intimately associated with the personal and social life of the Presidents of the United States and many of their official acts —occupies a particular place in the heart of every American citizen, and WHEREAS certain historic rooms and entranceways in the White House —possess great human interest and historic signifi- cance —traditionally have been open to visitors —have provided pleasure and patriotic inspiration to millions of our citizens —have come to be regarded as a public museum and the proud possession of all Americans, and WHEREAS the Congress by law (Act of September 22, 1961), (75 Stat. 586) [set out as a note under this section] has authorized the care and preservation of the historic and artistic contents of the White House and has given the President certain responsibilities with regard thereto: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. (a) There shall be in the White House a Cu- rator of the White House. The Curator shall assist in the preservation and protection of the articles of fur- niture, fixtures, and decorative objects used or dis- played in the principal corridor on the ground floor and the principal public rooms on the first floor of the White House, and in such other areas in the White House as the President may designate. (b) The Curator shall report to the President and shall make recommendations with respect to the arti- cles, fixtures, and objects to be declared by the Presi- dent, under section 2 of the Act of September 22, 1961, to be of historic or artistic interest. SEC. 2. There is hereby established the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, hereinafter re- ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’. The Committee shall be composed of the Director of the National Park Service, the Curator of the White House, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Chairman of the Commis- sion of Fine Arts, the Director of the National Gallery Page 35 TITLE 3—THE PRESIDENT § 111 of Art, the Chief Usher of the White House, and so many other members as the President may from time to time appoint. The Director of the National Park Service shall serve as Chairman of the Committee and shall designate an employee of that Service to act as Executive Secretary of the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation. SEC. 3. (a) The Committee shall report to the Presi- dent and shall advise the Director of the National Park Service with respect to the discharge of his responsi- bility under the Act of September 22, 1961, for the pres- ervation and the interpretation of the museum char- acter of the principal corridor on the ground floor and the principal public rooms on the first floor of the White House. Among other things, the Committee shall make recommendations as to the articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects which shall be used or displayed in the aforesaid areas of the White House and as to the decor and arrangements therein best suited to enhance the historic and artistic values of the White House and of such articles, fixtures, and objects. (b) The Committee shall cooperate with the White House Historical Association, a nonprofit organization heretofore formed under the laws of the District of Co- lumbia. (c) The Committee is authorized to invite individuals who are distinguished or interested in the fine arts to attend its meetings or otherwise to assist in carrying out its functions. SEC. 4. Consonant with law, each Federal department and agency represented on the Committee shall furnish necessary assistance to the Committee in accordance with section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945, 59 Stat. 134 (31 U.S.C. 691) [31 U.S.C. 1346(b)]. The Department of the Interior shall furnish necessary administrative services for the Committee. EXTENSION OF TERM OF COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE Term of Committee for the Preservation of the White House extended until Sept. 30, 2025, by Ex. Ord. No. 14109, Sept. 29, 2023, 88 F.R. 68447, set out as a note under section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Previous extensions of term of Committee for the Preservation of the White House were contained in the following prior Executive Orders: Ex. Ord. No. 14048, Sept. 30, 2021, 86 F.R. 55465, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2023. Ex. Ord. No. 13889, Sept. 27, 2019, 84 F.R. 52743, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2021. Ex. Ord. No. 13811, Sept. 29, 2017, 82 F.R. 46363, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2019. Ex. Ord. No. 13708, Sept. 30, 2015, 80 F.R. 60271, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2017. Ex. Ord. No. 13652, Sept. 30, 2013, 78 F.R. 61817, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2015. Ex. Ord. No. 13585, Sept. 30, 2011, 76 F.R. 62281, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2013. Ex. Ord. No. 13511, Sept. 29, 2009, 74 F.R. 50909, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2011. Ex. Ord. No. 13446, Sept. 28, 2007, 72 F.R. 56175, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2009. Ex. Ord. No. 13385, Sept. 29, 2005, 70 F.R. 57989, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2007. Ex. Ord. No. 13316, Sept. 17, 2003, 68 F.R. 55255, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2005. Ex. Ord. No. 13225, Sept. 28, 2001, 66 F.R. 50291, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2003. Ex. Ord. No. 13138, Sept. 30, 1999, 64 F.R. 53879, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 2001. Ex. Ord. No. 13062, Sept. 29, 1997, 62 F.R. 51755, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1999. Ex. Ord. No. 12974, Sept. 29, 1995, 60 F.R. 51875, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1997. Ex. Ord. No. 12869, Sept. 30, 1993, 58 F.R. 51751, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1995. Ex. Ord. No. 12774, Sept. 27, 1991, 56 F.R. 49835, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1993. Ex. Ord. No. 12692, Sept. 29, 1989, 54 F.R. 40627, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1991. Ex. Ord. No. 12610, Sept. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 36901, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1989. Ex. Ord. No. 12534, Sept. 30, 1985, 50 F.R. 40319, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1987. Ex. Ord. No. 12489, Sept. 28, 1984, 49 F.R. 38927, ex- tended term until Sept. 30, 1985. Ex. Ord. No. 12399, Dec. 31, 1982, 48 F.R. 379, extended term until Sept. 30, 1984. Ex. Ord. No. 12258, Dec. 31, 1980, 46 F.R. 1251, extended term until Dec. 31, 1982. Ex. Ord. No. 12110, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1069, extended term until Dec. 31, 1980. Ex. Ord. No. 11948, Dec. 20, 1976, 41 F.R. 55705, ex- tended term until Dec. 31, 1978. § 111. Expense allowance of Vice President There shall be paid to the Vice President in equal monthly installments an expense allow- ance of $20,000 per annum to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the dis- charge of his official duties, for which no ac- counting, other than for income tax purposes, shall be made by him. (Added Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(c), 63 Stat. 4; amended Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 521, title VI, § 619(b), 65 Stat. 570; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1(a), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 348.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2003—Pub. L. 108–7 substituted ‘‘$20,000’’ for ‘‘$10,000’’. 1951—Act Oct. 20, 1951, made Vice President’s expense allowance taxable. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 108–7 applicable to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, see section 1(f) of Pub. L. 108–7, set out as a note under section 6102 of Title 2, The Congress. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1951 AMENDMENT Amendment by act Oct. 20, 1951, effective at noon on Jan. 20, 1953, see section 619(e) of that act, set out as a note under section 102 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective noon, Jan. 20, 1949, see section 3 of act Jan. 19, 1949. OFFICIAL TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Pub. L. 93–346, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 340, as amended by Pub. L. 93–552, title VI, § 609(a), Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1764; Pub. L. 107–67, title VI, §§ 635, 636, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 553, provided: ‘‘That effective July 1, 1974, the Government-owned house together with furnishings, associated grounds (consisting of twelve acres, more or less), and related facilities which have heretofore been used as the residence of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy, shall, on and after such date be available for, and are hereby designated as, the tem- porary official residence of the Vice President of the United States. ‘‘SEC. 2. The temporary official residence of the Vice President shall be adequately staffed and provided with such appropriate equipment, furnishings, dining facili- ties, services, and other provisions as may be required, under the supervision and direction of the Vice Presi- dent, to enable him to perform and discharge appro- priately the duties, functions, and obligations associ- ated with his high office. ‘‘SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy shall, subject to the supervision and control of the Vice President, pro-