2 USC § 2134 - Art exhibits

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title: "2 USC § 2134 - Art exhibits"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "2134"
section_name: "Art exhibits"
chapter_number: 30
chapter_name: "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND FINE ARTS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Miscellaneous"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 1815; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 376; Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182, 20 Stat. 391; Pub. L. 110–437, title I, § 101(f)(2), Oct. 20, 2008, 122 Stat. 4985.)"
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# § 2134. Art exhibits

No work of art or manufacture other than the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the National Statuary Hall, the Rotunda, Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center, or the corridors of the Capitol.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 1815; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 376; Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182, 20 Stat. 391; Pub. L. 110–437, title I, § 101(f)(2), Oct. 20, 2008, 122 Stat. 4985.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 189 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .

Section is based on act , popularly known as the “Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1879”.

R.S. § 1815 derived from , .

### Amendments

2008— inserted “Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center,” after “Rotunda,”.