2 USC § 2023 - Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s2023"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 2023 - Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "2023"
section_name: "Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building"
chapter_number: 30
chapter_name: "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SENATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(c)(2), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 54.)"
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# § 2023. Control, care, and supervision of Senate Office Building

June 8, 1942

On and after , the Senate Office Building, and the employment of all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy, together with all other items that may be appropriated for by the Congress for such purposes, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration as to matters of general policy; and the Architect of the Capitol shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in detail for all services (other than for the United States Capitol Police) and for all other expenses in connection with said office building and necessary for its protection, care, and occupancy.

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**Source Credit**: (June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 343; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(c)(2), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 54.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 174c of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .

### Amendments

2010— substituted “other than for the United States Capitol Police” for “other than for officers and privates of the Capitol Police” in two places.

1946—Act , substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee on Rules”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

, , provided that section 102 of that act shall take effect on , and section 245 of title II of that act, , provided that section 224 thereof shall “take effect on the day on which the Eightieth Congress convenes”. The Eightieth Congress convened on .