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[CITE: 40USC185]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 185. Capitol power plant

    The heating, lighting, and power plant constructed under the terms 
of the Act approved April 28, 1904, shall be known as the ``Capitol 
power plant''; and all vacancies occurring in the force operating said 
plant and the substations in connection therewith shall be filled by the 
Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the commission in control 
of the House Office Building appointed under section 175 of this title.

(Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1414; Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 124, 41 Stat. 
1291.)

                       References in Text

    Act approved April 28, 1904, referred to in text, is act Apr. 28, 
1904, ch. 1762, Sec. 1 (part), 33 Stat. 452 (479), which provided an 
appropriation for the construction of a heating, lighting and power 
plant in connection with the office building for the House of 
Representatives to furnish the necessary heat, light, and power for the 
office building for the House of Representatives, the Capitol building, 
the Congressional Library building, and for such other public buildings 
erected after Apr. 28, 1904, on grounds adjacent to the Capitol grounds 
at the east of the Capitol building and facing the same.

                          Codification

    Section is based on act Mar. 4, 1911, popularly known as the 
``Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1912''. It followed an 
appropriation for the Capitol power plant.

                         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.


                General Services Administration Coal Yard

    Pub. L. 100-458, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2170, provided: 
``That appropriations under this head shall hereafter be available for 
maintenance, alterations, personal and other services, and for all other 
necessary expenses of the Government owned property, buildings and 
facilities located in Lot 803, Square 695, formerly known as the General 
Services Administration Coal Yard at 42 I Street, S.E., in the District 
of Columbia.''
