[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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