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[CITE: 40USC212a-4]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 212a-4. Security systems for Capitol buildings and grounds


(a) Design and installation

    (1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unexpended balances of 
appropriations specified in paragraph (2) are transferred to the 
appropriation for general expenses of the Capitol Police, to be used for 
design and installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings 
and grounds.
    (2) The unexpended balances referred to in paragraph (1) are--
        (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations for security 
    installations, as referred to in the paragraph under the heading 
    ``capitol buildings'', under the general headings ``JOINT ITEMS'', 
    ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'', and ``Capitol Buildings and Grounds'' 
    in title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 
    Stat. 1434), including any unexpended balance from a prior fiscal 
    year and any unexpended balance under such headings in this Act; and
        (B) the unexpended balance of the appropriation for an improved 
    security plan, as transferred to the Architect of the Capitol by 
    section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102 
    Stat. 2165).

(b) Transfer of responsibility to Capitol Police Board

    Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for design and 
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds 
is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police 
Board. Such design and installation shall be carried out under the 
direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, and without regard to section 5 of title 41. On and after 
October 1, 1995, any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or 
architectural feature of the Capitol buildings and grounds that is 
required for a security system under the preceding sentence may be 
carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.

(c) Transfer of positions to Capitol Police

    (1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions specified in paragraph 
(2) and each individual holding any such position (on a permanent basis) 
immediately before that date, as identified by the Architect of the 
Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol Police.
    (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions 
which, immediately before October 1, 1995, are--
        (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
        (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the Office of 
    the Architect of the Capitol; and
        (C) related to the design or installation of security systems 
    for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

    (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit of an 
individual immediately before such individual is transferred under 
paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without adjustment, 
in the new position of the individual.

(Pub. L. 104-53, title III, Sec. 308, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 537.)

                       References in Text

    The paragraph under the heading ``capitol buildings'', under the 
general headings ``JOINT ITEMS'', ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'', and 
``Capitol Buildings and Grounds'' in title I of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1995, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is contained 
in Pub. L. 103-283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1423, 1434, and is 
not classified to the Code.
    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is Pub. L. 104-53, Nov. 
19, 1995, 109 Stat. 514, known as the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996. Provisions under such headings in this Act appear at 109 
Stat. 527, and are not classified to the Code.
    Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, 
referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B), is section 102 of Pub. L. 100-458, 
title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2165, which is not classified to the 
Code.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to 
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House 
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
