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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 40USC212a-4a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 212a-4a. Maintenance of security systems for Capitol 
        buildings and grounds
        
    (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the responsibility for maintenance of 
security systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds is transferred 
from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such 
maintenance 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. On and after October 1, 1996, 
any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of 
the Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security system 
maintenance under the preceding sentence may be carried out only with 
the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
    (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, 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, 1996, 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 maintenance 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. 104-197, title III, Sec. 308, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2413.)

                         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.
