SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION ACT, 1948 (Additional Office Building for the United States Senate)
SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION ACT, 1948 (Additional Office Building for the United States Senate)
107–249
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SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION ACT, 1948 (Additional Office Building for the United States Senate)
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[Ch. 658; 62 Stat. 1029]
[As Amended Through P.L. 107–249, Enacted October 23, 2002]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Chapter 658 of the Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
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* * * * * * *Architect of the Capitoladditional office building for the united states senateConstruction and equipment of building: To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, at a total cost (exclusive of site and other expenses authorized under the preceding paragraph) not to exceed $20,600,000, and in substantial accordance with the preliminary plans prepared under the authority of the Act of July 11, 1947 (Public Law 169, Eightieth Congress), and approved by the Senate Office Building Commission, with such modification as may be necessary or advantageous, to provide for the construction and equipment of a fireproof office building for the use of the United States Senate on the site hereinbefore designated, containing committee and office rooms and such other rooms and accommodations as may be approved by the Senate Office Building Commission, including connections with the present Senate Office Building and subway transportation system by suitable tunnels and transportation system under First Street and B Street Northeast and structural and other changes in the present building and subway system necessitated thereby, and also including approaches, connections with the Capitol Power Plant and public utilities, and architectural landscape treatment of the grounds, $850,000: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and to make such other expenditures as may be necessary for materials, supplies, equipment, accessories, advertising, travel, personal and other services, and any other items required for the proper completion of the project, and to obligate in full the total amount of $20,600,000 herein authorized, prior to the actual appropriation thereof, notwithstanding that an initial amount of only $850,000 thereof is herein appropriated, and notwithstanding any other partial appropriations that may hereafter be made: Provided further, 40 U.S.C. 174b–1 That upon completion of the project, the building and the grounds and sidewalks surrounding the same shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of June 8, 1942 (U.S.C., title 40, sec. 174 (c) and (d)) and the Act of July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 718), in the same manner and to the same extent as the present Senate Office Building and the grounds and sidewalks surrounding the same.