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[CITE: 40USC831]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
     CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER FACILITIES; UNION STATION 
                  REDEVELOPMENT; CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III--CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
 
Sec. 831. Capitol educational and informational center and 
        information and distribution stations; operation agreements
        
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the 
Capitol, in consultation with the House Office Building Commission and 
the Senate Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized and directed 
to provide adequate space and facilities in the Capitol Building for an 
educational and informational center and information and distribution 
stations to afford visitors to the Capitol Building an opportunity to 
acquire (1) information relative to Congressional offices, (2) 
assistance relative to their visit to the Capitol, (3) pamphlets, books, 
drawings, slides and photographs, and related materials, and (4) 
information about the Capitol and the history of the Capitol Building 
and past and present Congresses. All materials distributed by such 
educational and informational center and such stations shall first be 
approved by the Architect of the Capitol, after consultation with the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration, the United States Capitol 
Historical Society, and such other educational and historical groups as 
the Architect of the Capitol deems appropriate. The Architect of the 
Capitol is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements as may be 
reasonably necessary to operate such educational and informational 
center and stations.

(Pub. L. 90-264, title III, Sec. 301, Mar. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 46; Pub. 
L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 221(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Committee on House Oversight of 
the House of Representatives'' for ``House Committee on 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.


  Improving Educational Experience of Senate Visitors; Study and Report

    Pub. L. 103-283, title I, Sec. 2, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1426, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Secretary of the Senate 
shall submit to the Committee on Rules and Administration a report 
evaluating the quality and scope of the educational experience available 
to visitors to the Senate concerning the constitutional and historical 
role of the Senate in American Government and society.
    ``(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall include in the report a plan 
for the improvement of the educational experience available to Senate 
visitors. Senate officers and officials and legislative branch support 
agencies shall work with the Secretary of the Senate in the development 
of the plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the National 
Archives and Records Administration and the Smithsonian Institution, are 
encouraged to offer assistance to the Secretary of the Senate in 
developing the plan.
    ``(c) There are authorized to be paid out of the contingent fund of 
the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate, such 
sums as are necessary to reimburse the routine expenses associated with 
developing the report required by this section.''
