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[CITE: 40USC175]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 175. House Office Building; control, supervision, and care

    The House of Representatives Office Building, which shall hereafter 
be designated as the House Office Building and the employment of all 
service, other than officers and privates of the Capitol police, that 
may be appropriated for by Congress, necessary for its protection, care, 
and occupancy, shall be under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval and direction of a 
commission consisting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
two Representatives in Congress, to be appointed by the Speaker. 
Vacancies occurring by resignation, termination of service as 
Representatives in Congress, or otherwise in the membership of said 
commission shall be filled by the Speaker, and any two members of said 
commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. The Architect of 
the Capitol shall submit annually to Congress estimates in detail for 
all services, other than officers and privates of the Capitol police, 
and for all other expenses in connection with said office building and 
necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy; and said commission 
herein referred to shall from time to time prescribe rules and 
regulations to govern said architect in making all such employments, 
together with rules and regulations governing the use and occupancy of 
all rooms and space in said building.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2918, 34 Stat. 1365; May 28, 1908, No. 30, 35 Stat. 
578; Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 124, 41 Stat. 1291.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on act Mar. 4, 1907, popularly known as the 
``Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1908'' appropriating for 
the maintenance of such Building.

                         Change of Name

    Change of name of Architect of the Capitol, functions abolished, 
transferred, etc., by prior acts, see Codification and Prior Provisions 
notes set out under section 161 of this title.


                           Acquisition of Site

    Act Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1007, 32 Stat. 1113, authorized acquisition of 
a site for and the construction of the House Office Building, and 
appointment of a Commission to supervise its construction.
    Joint Resolution May 28, 1908, provided that it should be designated 
the House Office Building.


House Public Address Sound System Activities; Transfer of Employees and 
                                 Funding

    Pub. L. 104-197, title III, Sec. 307, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 
2413, provided that:
    ``(a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions determined by the 
Committee on House Oversight [now Committee on House Administration], 
positions in connection with House public address sound system 
activities and related funding shall be transferred from the 
appropriation for the Architect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and 
grounds under the heading `capitol buildings' to the appropriation for 
salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives for the Office of 
the Clerk under the heading `salaries, officers and employees'.
    ``(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States 
Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such employee 
as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection (a) shall 
be included in the total service of such employee in connection with the 
computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e) and (o) of 
such section.
    ``(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any such 
employee as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection 
(a), the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make a lump sum 
payment to each such employee for that annual leave. No such payment 
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any 
law relating to dual compensation.''


  501 First Street SE., District of Columbia; Disposal of Real Property

    Pub. L. 104-99, title I, Sec. 121, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 30, as 
amended by Pub. L. 105-275, title I, Sec. 110, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2440, provided that:
    ``(a) Disposal of Real Property.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol shall dispose of 
    by sale at fair market value all right, title, and interest of the 
    United States in and to the parcel of real property described in 
    paragraph (9), including all improvements to such real property. 
    Such disposal shall be made by quitclaim deed.
        ``(2) House office building commission.--The Architect of the 
    Capitol shall carry out this section under the direction of the 
    House Office Building Commission.
        ``(3) Procedures.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
    the disposal under paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with 
    such procedures as the Architect of the Capitol determines 
    appropriate.
        ``(4) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
    child care center of the House of Representatives should remain in 
    operation during the implementation of this section.
        ``(5) Terms and conditions.--The deed of conveyance for the 
    property to be disposed of under paragraph (1) shall contain such 
    terms and conditions as the Architect of the Capitol determines are 
    necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
        ``(6) Deposit of proceeds.--All proceeds from the disposal under 
    paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the account established by 
    subsection (b).
        ``(7) Advertising and marketing.--The Architect of the Capitol 
    shall begin advertising and marketing the property to be disposed of 
    under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act [Jan. 26, 1996].
        ``(8) Local zoning and occupancy requirements.--Until such date 
    as the purchaser of the property to be disposed of under paragraph 
    (1) takes full occupancy of such property, such property and the 
    tenants of such property shall be deemed to be in compliance with 
    all applicable zoning and occupancy requirements of the District of 
    Columbia.
        ``(9) Property description.--The parcel of real property 
    referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 31,725 square feet 
    of land located at 501 First Street, SE., on square 736 S, Lot 801 
    (formerly part of Reservation 17) in the District of Columbia. Such 
    parcel is bounded by E Street, SE., to the north, First Street, SE., 
    to the east, New Jersey Avenue, SE., to the west, and Garfield Park 
    to the south.
    ``(b) Separate Account in the Treasury.--
        ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
    the United States a separate account which shall consist of amounts 
    deposited into the account by the Architect of the Capitol under 
    subsection (a).
        ``(2) Availability of funds.--Funds in the account established 
    by paragraph (1) shall be available, in such amounts as are 
    specified in appropriations Acts, to the Architect of the Capitol 
    for--
            ``(A) payment of expenses associated with relocating the 
        tenants of the property to be disposed of under subsection 
        (a)(1);
            ``(B) payment of expenses associated with renovating 
        facilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect for the 
        purpose of accommodating such tenants;
            ``(C) reimbursement of expenses incurred for advertising and 
        marketing activities related to the disposal under subsection 
        (a)(1) in a total amount of not to exceed $75,000; and
            ``(D) reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Chief 
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to cover 
        the costs of furnishings and furniture to accommodate the needs 
        of the House of Representatives Child Care Center.
    Funds made available under this paragraph shall not be subject to 
    any fiscal year limitation.
        ``(3) Reporting of transactions.--Receipts, obligations, and 
    expenditures of funds in the account established by paragraph (1) 
    shall be reported in annual estimates submitted to Congress by the 
    Architect of the Capitol for the operation and maintenance of the 
    Capitol Buildings and Grounds.
        ``(4) Termination of account.--Not later than 2 years after the 
    date of settlement on the property to be disposed of under 
    subsection (a)(1), the Architect of the Capitol shall terminate the 
    account established by paragraph (1) and all amounts remaining in 
    the account shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury 
    of the United States and credited as miscellaneous receipts.
    ``(c) Authority To Furnish Steam and Chilled Water.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to 
    furnish steam and chilled water from the Capitol Power Plant to the 
    owner of the property to be disposed of under subsection (a)(1) if 
    the owner agrees to pay for such steam and chilled water at market 
    rates, as determined by the Architect of the Capitol.
        ``(2) Authority limited to existing facilities.--The Architect 
    of the Capitol may furnish steam and chilled water under paragraph 
    (1) only with respect to facilities which, on the date of the 
    enactment of this Act [Jan. 26, 1996], are located on the property 
    to be disposed of under subsection (a)(1).
        ``(3) Proceeds.--All proceeds from the sale of steam and chilled 
    water under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the general fund 
    of the Treasury of the United States and credited as miscellaneous 
    receipts.''
    [Pub. L. 104-134, title II, Sec. 21103, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 
1321-335, provided that: ``Notwithstanding section 106 of Public Law 
104-99 [110 Stat. 27], sections 118 [110 Stat. 30], 121 [set out as a 
note above], and 129 [amending section 1611 of Title 2, The Congress, 
and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1611 of Title 2] 
of Public Law 104-99 shall remain in effect as if enacted as part of 
this Act.'']
    Pub. L. 98-367, title I, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 483, provided in 
part: ``That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the House 
Office Building Commission is authorized to use, to such extent as it 
may deem necessary, for the purposes of providing office and other 
accommodations for the House of Representatives, the building located at 
501 First Street, S.E., on a portion of Reservation 17 in the District 
of Columbia when such building is acquired by the Architect of the 
Capitol at the direction of the House Office Building Commission under 
authority of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955, and to 
incur any expenditures under this appropriation required for 
alterations, maintenance, and occupancy thereof: Provided further, That 
any space in such building used for office and other accommodations for 
the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a part of the `House 
Office Buildings' and, as such, shall be subject to the laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable to those buildings.''


       House Parking Activities; Transfer of Employees and Funding

    Pub. L. 104-53, title III, Sec. 306, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 536, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions determined by the 
Committee on House Oversight [now Committee on House Administration], 
positions in connection with House parking activities and related 
funding shall be transferred from the appropriation `Architect of the 
Capitol, Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings' to the 
appropriation `House of Representatives, salaries, officers and 
employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms': Provided, That the position 
of Superintendent of Garages shall be subject to authorization in annual 
appropriations Acts.
    ``(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States 
Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such employee 
as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection (a) shall 
be included in the total service of such employee in connection with the 
computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e) and (o) of 
such section.
    ``(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any such 
employee as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection 
(a) the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make a lump sum 
payment to each such employee for that annual leave. No such payment 
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any 
law relating to dual compensation.''


                  Designation of House Office Buildings

    House Resolution No. 402, One Hundred First Congress, Sept. 10, 
1990, provided that:
``SECTION 1. DESIGNATIONS.
    ``(a) Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office 
Building.--The House of Representatives office building located at C 
Street and New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, in the District of Columbia, 
and known as House of Representatives Office Building Annex No. 1, shall 
be known and designated as the `Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of 
Representatives Office Building'.
    ``(b) Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building.--The 
House of Representatives office building located at 3d and D Streets, 
Southwest, in the District of Columbia, and known as House of 
Representatives Office Building Annex No. 2, shall be known and 
designated as the `Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office 
Building'.
``SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
    ``Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to a building referred to in section 1 shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the building as designated in that 
section.
``SEC. 3. STATUES.
    ``The Speaker of the House of Representatives may purchase or accept 
as a gift to the House of Representatives, for permanent display in the 
appropriate building designated in section 1, a suitable statue or bust 
of the individual for whom the building is named. Such purchase or 
acceptance shall be carried out--
        ``(1) in the case of the building referred to in section 1(a), 
    in consultation with the majority leader of the House of 
    Representatives; and
        ``(2) in the case of the building referred to in section 1(b), 
    in consultation with the minority leader of the House of 
    Representatives.''


                    Additional House Office Building

    Pub. L. 94-6, ch. I, Feb. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 12, provided in part 
that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the House Office 
Building Commission is authorized (1) to use, to such extent as it may 
deem necessary, for the purposes of providing office and other 
accommodations for the House of Representatives, the building located on 
Square 581 in the District of Columbia when such Square, including the 
improvements thereon, is acquired by the Architect of the Capitol at the 
direction of the House Office Building Commission under authority of the 
Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 [act Apr. 22, 1955, ch. 26, 
Ch. XIIA, 69 Stat. 41, see note below] and to incur any expenditures 
under this appropriation [$15,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, to remain available until expended] required for alterations, 
maintenance, and occupancy thereof, and (2) prior to occupancy of the 
entire building by the House of Representatives, to permit the temporary 
occupancy by other governmental activities of any part of such building 
not so occupied, under such terms and conditions as such Commission may 
authorize: Provided further, That any space in such building used for 
office and other accommodations for the House of Representatives shall 
be deemed to be a part of the `House Office Buildings' and, as such, 
shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to those 
buildings.''
    Act Apr. 22, 1955, ch. 26, Ch. XIIA, 69 Stat. 41, authorized the 
construction of an additional fireproof office building for use of the 
House of Representatives, on a site approved by the House Office 
Building Commission, in accordance with plans prepared by the Architect 
of the Capitol and approved by the Commission, authorized the Architect 
of the Capitol to acquire certain real property in the District of 
Columbia, subject to the approval of the Commission, for construction of 
the office building or for additions to the United States Capitol 
Grounds, designated the necessary procedure for condemnation proceedings 
conducted pursuant to such real property acquisition, authorized the 
demolition of certain buildings by the Architect, and appropriated 
$5,000,000 and authorized such additional appropriations as the 
Commission deemed necessary for the construction project.
    Act July 11, 1947, ch. 227, 61 Stat. 312, authorized the Architect 
of the Capitol, subject to the direction of the House Office Building 
Commission, to prepare preliminary plans and cost estimates for 
construction of extensions to the House Office Buildings, the remodeling 
of the Old House Office Building, and the renewal of the plumbing in the 
Old House Office Building, and authorized appropriations of $25,000 for 
such purposes.


  Use of Congressional Hotel as House Office Building; Lease of Unused 
                                  Space

    Pub. L. 92-313, Sec. 8, June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 222, provided that:
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the House Office 
Building Commission is authorized (1) to use, to such extent as it may 
deem necessary, for the purpose of providing office and other 
accommodations for the House of Representatives, the building, known as 
the Congressional Hotel, acquired by the Government in 1957 as part of 
Lot 20 in Square 692 in the District of Columbia under authority of the 
Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 [set out as a note above] 
and (2) to direct the Architect of the Capitol to lease, at fair market 
value, for such other use and under such terms and conditions and to 
such parties as such Commission may authorize, any space in such 
building not required for the aforesaid purpose.
    ``(b) Any space in such building used for office and other 
accommodations for the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a 
part of the `House Office Buildings' and, as such, shall be subject to 
the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to those buildings.''
    For effective date of section 8 of Pub. L. 92-313, see section 11 of 
Pub. L. 92-313, set out as an Effective Date of 1972 Amendment note 
under section 603 of this title.


             Solar Energy for Certain House Office Buildings

    Pub. L. 95-577, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2470, directed Architect of 
the Capitol, under direction of House Office Building Commission, to 
install solar collectors for furnishing a portion of the energy needs of 
Rayburn House Office Building and of House Office Building Annex 
Numbered 2 (Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building).


              Additional Parking Space for House Employees

    House Resolution No. 208, Ninety-fourth Congress, Feb. 24, 1975, as 
enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 94-59, title II, Sec. 201, July 
25, 1975, 89 Stat. 282, and amended by Pub. L. 104-186, title II, 
Sec. 221(4)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1749, provided: ``That the 
chairman, Committee on House Oversight [now Committee on House 
Administration] of the House of Representatives is authorized:
        ``(1) to lease or to otherwise provide additional indoor and 
    outdoor parking facilities for employees of the House of 
    Representatives in an area or areas in the District of Columbia 
    outside but adjacent to the limits of the United States Capitol 
    Grounds;
        ``(2) to regulate and assign such additional parking facilities;
        ``(3) to utilize the United States Capitol Police with respect 
    to such parking areas, and transit routes; and
        ``(4) to utilize the services of the Architect of the Capitol to 
    prepare bids, leases, or otherwise assist in obtaining such 
    additional parking facilities.
Until otherwise provided by law, there shall be paid out of the 
applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this authorization.''
    Pub. L. 93-305, title I, ch. VIII, Sec. 801, June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 
206, authorized a detailed study of the House garages located in the 
Rayburn and Cannon House Office Buildings and in Squares 637 and 691 to 
determine the feasibility of providing additional parking.


               Inclusion of Additional Areas and Buildings

    For inclusion of additional areas and buildings as part of the 
United States Capitol grounds, see order of the House Office Building 
Commission affecting the Capitol grounds and buildings, set out as a 
note under section 193a of this title.


   Compensation of Superintendent of Garages of House Office Buildings

    Pub. L. 100-458, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2170, as amended 
by Pub. L. 102-90, title I, Sec. 105, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 460; Pub. 
L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 221(4)(A), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1748, 
provided: ``That upon enactment of this Act [Oct. 1, 1988], the pay for 
the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be equivalent to the pay 
payable for positions at step 1 of level 12 of the House Employees 
Schedule, subject to the further increases authorized under section 
5306(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, relating to the 
implementation of salary comparability policy, and subject to any 
increase which may be allowed by the Committee on House Oversight [now 
Committee on House Administration] based on performance exceeding an 
acceptable level of competence over a 52-week period (except that no 
such performance-based increase shall affect the waiting period or 
effective date of any longevity step-increase or increase under such 
section 5306(a)(1)(B)).''
    Pub. L. 93-145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 542, provided that on and 
after April 1, 1973, the compensation of the Superintendent of Garages 
was to be at the gross annual rate of $25,000 subject to the further 
increases authorized under 5 U.S.C. 5307(a)(1)(B).
    Pub. L. 90-367, Sec. 4, June 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 278, provided that 
the per annum gross rate of compensation of the position of 
Superintendent of Garages was to be $12,540 and that such position was 
to be subject to the salary comparability provisions in section 212 of 
the Federal Salary Act of 1967, set out as a note under section 5304 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


 Compensation of Personnel Assigned to House Garages in Connection With 
                           Parking Activities

    Pub. L. 93-245, ch. VI, Jan. 3, 1974, 87 Stat. 1079, provided that: 
``Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period which 
begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 3, 1974], the 
compensation of personnel assigned to the House garages in connection 
with parking activities and paid from the appropriation `House Office 
Building' under the Architect of the Capitol, shall be fixed by the 
Architect of the Capitol without regard to chapter 51 and subchapters 
III and IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, and shall 
thereafter be adjusted in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5307.''


                             Appropriations

    Appropriations for maintenance have been carried under the heading 
``House Office Buildings'' in Legislature Branch Appropriation Acts 
since 1933.


                            Cross References

    Remodeling caucus rooms and restaurant, see note under section 166 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 183, 185 of this title.
