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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 40USC184a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 184a. John W. McCormack Residential Page School


(a) Construction authorization for dormitory and classroom facilities 
        complex

    There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site jointly 
approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office 
Building Commission, in accordance with plans which shall be prepared by 
or under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and which shall 
be submitted to and jointly approved by the Senate Office Building 
Commission and the House Office Building Commission, a fireproof 
building containing dormitory and classroom facilities, including 
necessary furnishings and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House 
of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

(b) Acquisition of property in District of Columbia

    The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and 
supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House 
Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the 
United States, by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, such 
publicly or privately owned real property in the District of Columbia 
(including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within the 
curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity of the 
United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by the Senate 
Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, for 
the purpose of constructing on such real property, in accordance with 
this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom facilities complex for 
pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court 
of the United States.

(c) Condemnation proceedings

    Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection (b) of 
this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter IV of 
chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code.

(d) Transfer of United States owned property

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned 
by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, 
contained within the curblines surrounding the real property acquired on 
behalf of the United States under this section shall be transferred, 
upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made with the joint 
approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office 
Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of 
the Capitol.

(e) Alley and street closures by Mayor of the District of Columbia

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of 
alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real 
property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section 
shall be closed and vacated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in 
accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the 
Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission 
and the House Office Building Commission.

(f) United States Capitol Grounds provisions applicable

    Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real 
property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United 
States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of 
sections 193a to 193m, 207a, 212a, 212a-2, 212a-3, and 212b of this 
title.

(g) Designation; employment of services under supervision and control of 
        Architect of Capitol: joint approval and direction of Speaker 
        and President pro tempore; annual estimates to Congress; 
        regulations governing Architect of Capitol

    The building constructed on the real property acquired under this 
section shall be designated the ``John W. McCormack Residential Page 
School''. The employment of all services (other than that of the United 
States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, maintenance, 
and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, shall be under 
the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol. Such 
supervision and control shall be subject to the joint approval and 
direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. The Architect 
shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all 
services, other than those of the United States Capitol Police or those 
provided in connection with the conduct of school operations and the 
personal supervision of pages, and for all other expenses in connection 
with the protection, care, maintenance, and use of the John W. McCormack 
Residential Page School. The Speaker and the President pro tempore shall 
prescribe, from time to time, regulations governing the Architect in the 
provision of services and the protection, care, and maintenance, of the 
John W. McCormack Residential Page School.

(h) Joint appointee for supervision and control over page activities; 
        regulations; Residence Superintendent of Pages: appointment, 
        compensation, and duties; additional personnel: appointment and 
        compensation

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
tempore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of the House 
and an officer of the Senate, other than a Member of the House or 
Senate, who shall jointly exercise supervision and control over the 
activities of the pages resident in the John W. McCormack Residential 
Page School. With the approval of the Speaker and the President pro 
tempore, such officers so designated shall prescribe regulations 
governing--
        (1) the actual use and occupancy of the John W. McCormack 
    Residential Page School including, if necessary, the imposition of a 
    curfew for pages;
        (2) the conduct of pages generally; and
        (3) other matters pertaining to the supervision, direction, 
    safety, and well-being of pages in off-duty hours.

Such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President 
pro tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rate of 
pay of a Residence Superintendent of Pages, who shall perform such 
duties with respect to the supervision of pages resident therein as 
those officials shall prescribe. In addition, such officers, subject to 
the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, jointly shall 
appoint and fix the per annum gross rates of pay of such additional 
personnel as may be necessary to assist those officers and the Residence 
Superintendent of Pages in carrying out their functions under this 
section.

(i) Section 88b of title 2 unaffected

    Nothing in section 88b-1 of title 2 and this section shall affect 
the operation of section 88b of title 2, relating to educational 
facilities of pages and other minors who are congressional employees.

(Pub. L. 91-510, title IV, Sec. 492, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1199; Pub. 
L. 93-198, title IV, Sec. 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 104-
186, title II, Sec. 204(34)(C), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1734.)

                       References in Text

    Section 88b-1 of title 2 and this section, referred to in subsec. 
(i), were in the original ``this part'', meaning part 9 of title IV of 
Pub. L. 91-510, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1199, which enacted section 88b-
1 of Title 2, The Congress, and this section, repealed section 88c of 
Title 2, and enacted a provision set out as a note under section 88b-1 
of Title 2.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104-186 struck out ``section 88a of title 
2 or'' after ``affect the operation of''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see 
section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91-510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 
Amendment note under section 72a of Title 2, The Congress.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by 
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 
93-198, title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced 
by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93-
198, classified to section 1-241 of the District of Columbia Code. 
Accordingly, ``Mayor'' substituted in subsec. (e) for ``commissioners''.


 Acquisition of Property as Site for John W. McCormack Residential Page 
                                 School

    Pub. L. 92-607, ch. V, Sec. 508, Oct. 31, 1972, 86 Stat. 1512, 
authorized Architect of the Capitol to acquire certain specified real 
estate for use as a green park area pending its development for 
permanent use as site of John W. McCormack Residential Page School.
