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[CITE: 40USC166b-6]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 166b-6. Assignment and reassignment of personnel by 
        Architect of Capitol for personal services
        
    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in order to improve the 
economic use of the personal services of his employees, the Architect of 
the Capitol is authorized on and after October 12, 1979, to assign and 
reassign, without increase or decrease in basic salary or wages, any 
person on the employment rolls of his Office, for personal services in 
any buildings, facilities or grounds under his jurisdiction or for 
personal services in connection with any project under his jurisdiction 
for which appropriations have been made and are available, whenever such 
action, in his opinion, will be most advantageous to the interest of or 
result in either specific or overall savings to the Government. 
Exceptions may be made where there are differences in equipment. No 
assignment or reassignment of personnel by the Architect of the Capitol 
pursuant to this provision shall operate in any respect to augment or 
decrease any general or specific appropriation.

(Pub. L. 96-86, Sec. 101(c), Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 100-
202, Sec. 106, Oct. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-433.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 102 of title I of H.R. 4390 (Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1980), as incorporated by reference by section 
101(c) of Pub. L. 96-86, and enacted into law by section 106 of Pub. L. 
100-202.


                             Effective Date

    Section 106 of Pub. L. 100-202 provided in part that this section is 
effective on date of enactment [Oct. 12, 1979] of the ``pertinent joint 
resolution'' making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1980 [Pub. 
L. 96-86].


Pilot Program To Determine Economic Feasibility of Centralizing Certain 
Maintenance Functions and Assigning or Reassigning Persons on Employment 
                                  Rolls

    Pub. L. 101-163, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1056, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized to (1) develop a pilot 
program to determine the economic feasibility and efficiency of 
centralizing certain maintenance functions, to assign and reassign, 
without increase or decrease in basic salary or wages, any person on the 
employment rolls of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, for 
personal services in any buildings, facilities, or grounds under his 
jurisdiction for which appropriations have been made and are available; 
(2) maintain appropriate cost and productivity records for the program; 
and (3) report to appropriate authorities, including the Committees on 
Appropriations, on the results of the program, together with 
recommendations for continuation or expansion of the program.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 100-458, title I, Sec. 104, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2171.
    Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(i) [title I, Sec. 103], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1329-290, 1329-302.
