    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [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                Michael G. Turnbull
        Head, Architecture Division                   Bruce Arthur
        Special Assistant                             James E. Ellison
        Superintendent of Construction                William B. Holmes
        Director of Engineering                       Dan E. Hanlon
        Assistant Director of Engineering             Scott Birkhead
    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
    Executive Officer                                 Lynne M. Theiss
        Head, Fire Systems and Life Safety            Ken Lauziere
                Office
        Head, Procurement Division                    Richard N. Mueller
        Safety Officer, Occupational Health,          Charles Bowman
                Environmental, and Safety
                Office
    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

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    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 and 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. He is subject to the
    oversight of the Committee on House Administration with respect to many
    administrative matters affecting operations on the House side of the
    Capitol complex. 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.
        The position of Architect of the Capitol was historically 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 since the office was
    established in 1793 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 and the enactment of the
    Congressional Accountability Act, the administrative responsibilities of
    the Architect are as important as the architectural and engineering
    functions of the office.
        Recent and ongoing projects carried out by the Architect of the
    Capitol include the rehabilitation of the Capitol dome; conservation of
    murals and decorative paintings in the first-floor Senate corridors in
    the Capitol; repair of the Capitol terraces; conversion of the Capitol
    courtyards into meeting rooms; replacement of worn Minton tile in the

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    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;
    preparation and publication of a new book on the artist Constantino
    Brumidi, whose paintings decorate much of the Capitol; installation of
    an improved Senate subway system; preparation of a telecommunications
    plan for the legislative branch agencies; work on security improvements
    within the Capitol complex; construction of new House and Senate child
    care facilities; construction of a new Senate Page school; renovation,
    restoration, and modification of the interiors and exteriors of the
    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings of the Library of Congress and
    provision of off-site book storage facilities for the Library;
    management oversight of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary
    Building; design and construction of the National Garden adjacent to the
    U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory; restoration of the U.S.Botanic Garden
    Conservatory; and planning for a proposed Capitol Visitor Center.
        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, and the Art Advisory Committee to the
    Washington Metroploitan Area Transit Authority. He is also an ex-officio
    member of the U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, the Commission on
    the Bicentennial of the U.S. Capitol, and the National Building Museum.

    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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