[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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