2 USC § 2133 - Acceptance and supervision of works of fine arts

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title: "2 USC § 2133 - Acceptance and supervision of works of fine arts"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "2133"
section_name: "Acceptance and supervision of works of fine arts"
chapter_number: 30
chapter_name: "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND FINE ARTS"
part_number: "D"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 1831.)"
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# § 2133. Acceptance and supervision of works of fine arts

The Joint Committee on the Library, whenever, in their judgment, it is expedient, are authorized to accept any work of the fine arts, on behalf of Congress, which may be offered, and to assign the same such place in the Capitol as they may deem suitable, and shall have the supervision of all works of art that may be placed in the Capitol.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 1831.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 188 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .

R.S. § 1831 derived from , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Works of Art Accepted or Removed

The following provisions relate to works of art accepted or removed by the Joint Committee on the Library:

, , .—Replacement of bust of Roger Brooke Taney with bust of Thurgood Marshall.

, , .—Statues of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

, , .—Statue of Frederick Douglass.

, , .—Bust of Sojourner Truth.