    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 02, 1998]
    [Pages 43-45]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

    U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515

    Phone, 202-228-1793. Internet, http://www.aoc.gov/.
    Architect of the Capitol                          Alan M. Hantman
    Assistant Architect of the Capitol                (vacancy)
        Head, Architecture Division                   Bruce Arthur
        Special Assistant                             James E. Ellison
        Superintendent of Construction                William B. Holmes
    Administrative Assistant                          Herbert M. Franklin
        Director, Human Resources Management          Hector E. Suarez
                Division
        Director, Equal Employment                    Kathleen Gause
                Opportunity
        Director, Information Resources               Rick Kashurba
                Management
        Employment Counsel                            Kevin Mulshine
        Curator                                       Barbara Wolanin
    Inspector General                                 Arthur L. McIntye
    Director of Engineering                           Dan E. Hanlon
        Assistant Director of Engineering             Scott Birkhead
    Executive Officer                                 Lynne Theiss
        Head, Procurement Division                    Richard N. Mueller
    Budget Officer/Director of Financial Services     W. Stuart Pregnall III
        Assistant Budget Officer                      John T. Bortlein, Jr.
        Accounting Officer                            Elliott Burnham
    General Counsel                                   Charles K. Tyler
        Senior Labor-Management Counsel               Margaret Cox
    Senior Landscape Architect                        Matthew Evans
    Superintendent, House Office Buildings            Robert Miley
    Supervising Engineer, Library of Congress         Donald Parry
    Supervising Engineer of the U.S. Capitol          Amita N. Poole
    Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings           Lawrence R. Stoffel

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    The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for the care and maintenance
    of the U.S. Capitol, nearby buildings, and grounds and for implementing
    construction, renovation, conservation, and landscape improvement
    projects as authorized by the Congress.

    The Architect of the Capitol is charged with operating and maintaining
    the buildings of the Capitol complex committed to his care by Congress.
    Permanent authority for the care and maintenance of the Capitol was
    established by the act of August 15, 1876 (40 U.S.C. 162, 163). The
    Architect's duties include the mechanical and structural maintenance of
    the Capitol, the conservation and care of works of art in the building,
    the upkeep and improvement of the Capitol grounds, and the arrangement
    of inaugural and other ceremonies held in the building or on the
    grounds. Legislation has been enacted from time to time to provide for
    additional buildings and grounds placed under the jurisdiction of the
    Architect of the Capitol.
        In addition to the Capitol, the Architect is responsible for the
    upkeep of all of the congressional office buildings, the Library of
    Congress buildings, the U.S. Supreme Court building, the Thurgood
    Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Capitol Power Plant, the
    Capitol Police headquarters, and the Robert A. Taft Memorial. The
    Architect performs his duties in connection with the Senate side of the
    Capitol, the Senate office buildings, and the operation of the Senate
    restaurants subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and
    Administration. In matters of general policy in connection with the
    House office buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, his activities are
    subject to the approval and direction of the House Office Building
    Commission. The Architect is under the direction of the Speaker in
    matters concerning the House side of the Capitol. In addition, the
    Architect of the Capitol serves as the Acting Director of the U.S.
    Botanic Garden under the Joint Committee on the Library.
        Until 1989, the position of Architect of the Capitol was filled by
    Presidential appointment for an indefinite term. Legislation enacted in
    1989 provides that the Architect is to be appointed for a term of 10
    years by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from
    a list of 3 candidates recommended by a congressional commission. Upon
    confirmation by the Senate, the Architect becomes an official of the
    legislative branch as an officer and agent of Congress; he is eligible
    for reappointment after completion of his term. The present Architect,
    Alan M. Hantman, is the 10th to hold this position and the first to be
    appointed in accordance with the new procedure.
        The Architect, whose original duties were limited to designing and
    supervising the construction of the Capitol, has assumed additional
    responsibilities for activities that have been assigned to the office by
    Congress. Today, in light of the widespread activities under the
    jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, the administrative
    function competes heavily with the architectural and engineering
    functions of the office.
        Recent and ongoing projects carried out by the Architect of the
    Capitol include the renovation, restoration, and modification of the
    interiors and exteriors of the Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings
    of the Library of Congress; repair of the Capitol terraces; conversion
    of the Capitol courtyards into meeting rooms; replacement of worn Minton
    tile in the Senate corridors of the Capitol; conservation of the Statue
    of Freedom atop the Capitol dome; completion of the murals in the first-
    floor House corridors; improvement of speech-reinforcement, electrical,
    and fire-protection systems in the Capitol and congressional office
    buildings; removal of architectural barriers throughout the Capitol
    complex; development of publications and exhibits for the bicentennial
    of the Capitol; installation

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    of an improved Senate subway system; preparation of a telecommunication
    plan for the legislative branch agencies; leasing of space in Postal
    Square for various Senate support services; work on security
    improvements within the Capitol complex; management oversight of the
    Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building; the design and
    construction of the National Garden adjacent to the Botanic Garden
    Conservatory; restoration of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory;
    planning for the proposed Capitol Visitor Center; and direction of the
    master plan for the future development of the Capitol complex.
        The Architect of the Capitol serves as a member of the following
    bodies: Capitol Police Board, Capitol Guide Board, District of Columbia
    Zoning Commission, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National
    Capital Memorial Commission, Art Advisory Committee to the Washington
    Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and Heritage Preservation. He is
    also an ex-officio member of the United States Capitol Preservation
    Commission and the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States
    Capitol. In addition, he serves as the Coordinator of Civil Defense for
    the Capitol complex.

    For further information, contact the Office of the Architect of the
    Capitol, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20515. Phone, 202-228-
    1793. Internet, http://www.aoc.gov/.

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