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[CITE: 40USC174b]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 174b. Senate Office Building; approval of structural 
        changes by Architect of Capitol
        
    Structural changes in the Senate Office Building shall only be made 
with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.

(July 1, 1941, ch. 268, 55 Stat. 458.)

                          Codification

    The following language preceded the text of this section in act July 
1, 1941: ``The care and operation of the Senate Office Building under 
the direction and supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules.''
    Section is based on act July 1, 1941, popularly known as the 
``Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942''.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior acts:
    June 18, 1940, ch. 396, 54 Stat. 473.
    June 16, 1939, ch. 208, 53 Stat. 832.


              Improvement of Accommodations; Appropriation

    Pub. L. 85-95, July 10, 1957, 71 Stat. 289, provided: ``That the 
Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office 
Building Commission, created by the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of 
April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 481), as amended, is authorized and directed to 
enlarge and remodel Senators' suites and to make structural, mechanical, 
and other changes and improvements in the existing Senate Office 
Building, to provide improved accommodations for the United States 
Senate, in accordance with plans to be prepared by or under direction of 
the Architect of the Capitol and to be submitted to and approved by the 
Senate Office Building Commission.
    ``Sec. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the 
Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office 
Building Commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and to make 
such other expenditures, including expenditures for personal and other 
services, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.''


                            Cross References

    Senate Office Building, control, care, and supervision, see section 
174c of this title.
