40 USC § 5105 - Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees

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title: "40 USC § 5105 - Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "5105"
section_name: "Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "UNITED STATES CAPITOL"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1178.)"
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# § 5105. Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees

July 31, 194660 Stat. 719

Each individual employed in the service of the Federal Government in the United States Capitol or within the United States Capitol Grounds shall prevent, as far as may be in the individual’s power, a violation of a provision of this chapter or section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, or 14 of the Act of  (ch. 707, , 720), and shall aid the police in securing the arrest and conviction of the individual violating the provision.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1178.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5105 | 40:193i. | July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 10, 60 Stat. 719. |

The words “by information or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 14 of the Act of , referred to in text, are classified to sections 1961, 1966, 1967, 1922, and 1969, respectively, of Title 2, The Congress.