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40 USC § 5101 - Definition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s5101"
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title: "40 USC § 5101 - Definition"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "5101"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "UNITED STATES CAPITOL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1174; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1016(a), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 364; Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1004(d)(2)(A)(i), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2233; Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(1)(A), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2551; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(d)(1), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 54.)"
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# 1 Definition

So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

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In this chapter, the term “Capitol Buildings” means the United States Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings and garages, the Capitol Power Plant, all buildings on the real property described under section 5102(c) (including the Administrative Building of the United States Botanic Garden)  all buildings on the real property described under section 5102(d), all subways and enclosed passages connecting two or more of those structures, and the real property underlying and enclosed by any of those structures.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1174; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1016(a), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 364; Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1004(d)(2)(A)(i), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2233; Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(1)(A), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2551; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(d)(1), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 54.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5101 | 40:193m(1). | July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 16(a)(1), 60 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 90–108, § 1(d), Oct. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 277. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— repealed . See 2007 Amendment note below.

2008— inserted “all buildings on the real property described under section 5102(d)” after “(including the Administrative Building of the United States Botanic Garden)”.

2007—, which made an amendment identical to that made by , was repealed by . See Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note below.

2003— inserted “all buildings on the real property described under section 5102(c) (including the Administrative Building of the United States Botanic Garden),” after “Capitol Power Plant,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Repeal of  by  effective as if included in the enactment of  and provisions amended by  to be restored as if such section had not been enacted, and repeal to have no effect on the enactment or implementation of any provision of , see , set out as a note under , The Congress.

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of Repeal note under , The Congress.

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of Repeal note under , The Congress.

### Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, see , set out as a note under , The Congress.

### Designation of David R. Obey Hearing Room

> “Hereafter, the hearing room of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives (room 2358–C of the Rayburn House Office Building) shall be known and designated as the ‘David R. Obey Room’.”

, , , provided that:

### Designating Small House Rotunda as “Freedom Foyer”

> “The first floor of the area of the House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol known as the small House rotunda is designated the ‘Freedom Foyer’.”

, , , provided that:

### Designation of Great Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center as “Emancipation Hall”

> **“(a)** **In General.—** The great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known and designated as ‘Emancipation Hall’, and any reference to the great hall in any law, rule, or regulation shall be deemed to be a reference to Emancipation Hall.
> 
> **“(b)** **Effective Date.—** This section shall apply on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2007].”

, , , provided that: