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[CITE: 40USC162-1]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 162-1. Appointment of Architect of Capitol

    (a)(1) The Architect of the Capitol shall be appointed by the 
President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of 
10 years.
    (2) There is established a commission to recommend individuals to 
the President for appointment to the office of Architect of the Capitol. 
The commission shall be composed of--
        (A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
        (B) the President pro tempore of the Senate,
        (C) the majority and minority leaders of the House of 
    Representatives and the Senate, and
        (D) the chairmen and the ranking minority members of the 
    Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the 
    Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee 
    on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
    on Appropriations of the Senate.

The commission shall recommend at least three individuals for 
appointment to such office.
    (3) An individual appointed Architect of the Capitol under paragraph 
(1) shall be eligible for reappointment to such office.
    (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective in the case of 
appointments made to fill vacancies in the office of Architect of the 
Capitol which occur on or after November 21, 1989. If no such vacancy 
occurs within the six-year period which begins on November 21, 1989, no 
individual may, after the expiration of such period, hold such office 
unless the individual is appointed in accordance with subsection (a) of 
this section.

(Pub. L. 101-163, title III, Sec. 319, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1068; 
Pub. L. 104-19, title I, Sec. 701, July 27, 1995, 109 Stat. 220.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-19, Sec. 701(1), (2), substituted 
``office'' for ``Office'' in first sentence and ``commission'' for 
``Commission'' in introductory provisions in second sentence.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(D). Pub. L. 104-19, Sec. 701(3), substituted 
``Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate'' for ``Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-19, Sec. 701(1), substituted ``office'' for 
``Office'' in first sentence.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to 
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House 
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
