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[CITE: 40USC214b]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 214b. Designation of Capitol grounds as play area for 
        children of Members and employees of Senate or House of 
        Representatives
        

(a) Authority of Capitol Police Board

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the 
provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this section, the 
Capitol Police Board is authorized to designate certain portions of the 
Capitol grounds (other than a portion within the area bounded on the 
North by Constitution Avenue, on the South by Independence Avenue, on 
the East by First Street, and on the West by First Street) for use 
exclusively as play areas for the benefit of children attending a day 
care center which is established for the primary purpose of providing 
child care for the children of Members and employees of the Senate or 
the House of Representatives.

(b) Required approval; fences; termination of authority

    (1) In the case of any such designation referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section involving a day care center established for the 
benefit of children of Members and employees of the Senate, the 
designation shall be with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules 
and Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the 
benefit of children of Members and employees of the House of 
Representatives, the designation shall be with the approval of the House 
Committee on House Oversight, with the concurrence of the House Office 
Building Commission.
    (2) The Architect of the Capitol shall enclose with a fence any area 
designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section as a play area.
    (3) The authority to use an area designated pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section as a play area may be terminated at any time by the 
Committee which approved such designation.

(c) Playground equipment; required approval

    Nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed as prohibiting 
any day care center referred to in subsection (a) of this section from 
placing playground equipment within an area designated pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section for use solely in connection with the 
operation of such center, subject to, in the case of a day care center 
established for the benefit of children of Members and employees of the 
Senate, the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration, and in the case of such a center established for the 
benefit of children of Members and employees of the House of 
Representatives, the approval of the House Committee on House Oversight, 
with the concurrence of the House Office Building Commission.

(d) Day care center

    The day care center referred to in S. Res. 269, Ninety-eighth 
Congress, first session, is a day care center for which space may be 
designated under subsection (a) of this section for use as a play area.

(Pub. L. 98-392, Sec. 3, Aug. 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 104-186, 
title II, Sec. 221(14), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 98-392, Aug. 21, 
1984, 98 Stat. 1362, which enacted this section and amended section 2107 
of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.
    S. Res. 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, referred to in 
subsec. (d), is dated Nov. 14, 1983, and reads as follows: ``Resolved, 
That payment is authorized from the contingent fund of the Senate in an 
amount not to exceed $20,000 for the start-up costs, including the 
procurement of the services of individual consultants or organizations, 
for a Senate day care center, which shall be ready for occupancy by 
January 1, 1984.
    ``Sec. 2. Payments under this resolution shall be paid from the 
appropriation account for `Miscellaneous Items' in the contingent fund 
of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration.
    ``Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall supervise 
any contract entered into on behalf of the Senate, under authority of 
this resolution. Such contract shall not be subject to the provisions of 
section 5 of title 41 of the United States Code or any other provision 
of law requiring advertising.''


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsecs. (b)(1), (c). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``House 
Oversight'' for ``House Administration''.

                         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.


                            Cross References

    House of Representatives Child Care Center, see section 184g of this 
title.
    Senate Employee Child Care Center, see section 214c of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 214c, 214d of this title.
