    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 193-195]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

           131  ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR AFFIXING AND REMOVING PERMANENT
                ARTWORK AND SEMI-PERMANENT ARTWORK IN THE SENATE WING OF THE
                         CAPITOL AND IN THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

                    Resolved,  No permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                artwork may be affixed to or removed from the walls, floors,
                or ceilings of the public spaces and committee rooms of the
                Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings
                unless--
                            (1) the Senate Commission on Art--
                                    (A) has recommended the affixation or
                                removal; and
                                    (B) in the case of an affixation of
                                permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                                artwork--
                                      (i) has recommended an appropriate
                                location for the affixation; and
                                      (ii) has determined that--
                                        (I) not less than 25 years have
                                passed since the death of any subject in a
                                portrait included

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                                in the permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                                artwork; and
                                        (II) not less than 25 years have
                                passed since the commemorative event that is
                                to be portrayed in the permanent artwork or
                                semi-permanent artwork; and
                            (2) the Senate has passed a Senate resolution
                        approving the recommendation of the Senate
                        Commission on Art.
                    Sec. 2. Sense of the Senate.
                    It is the sense of the Senate that prior to making a
                recommendation to affix any permanent artwork or semi-
                permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the
                public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the
                Capitol and the Senate office buildings, the Senate
                Commission on Art should consider, at a minimum, the
                following:
                            (1) The significance of the original, intended,
                        or existing permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                        artwork in the installation space proposed for the
                        additional permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                        artwork.
                            (2) The existing conditions of the surface of
                        the proposed installation space.
                            (3) The last time fixed art was added to the
                        proposed installation space.
                            (4) The amount of area available for the
                        installation of permanent artwork or semi-permanent
                        artwork in the proposed installation space.
                            (5) The opinion of the Curatorial Advisory Board
                        on such affixation.
                    Sec. 3. Creation of artwork.
                    If a request to affix permanent artwork or semi-
                permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the
                public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the
                Capitol and the Senate office buildings meets the
                requirements of section 1, the Senate Commission on Art
                shall select the artist and shall supervise and direct the
                creation of the artwork and the application of the artwork
                to the selected surface.
                    Sec. 4. Definitions.
                    In this resolution--
                    (1) permanent artwork.--The term ``permanent artwork''
                means artwork that when applied directly to a wall, ceiling,
                or floor has become part of the fabric of the building,
                based on a consideration of relevant factors including--

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                            (A) the original intent when the artwork was
                        applied;
                            (B) the method of application;
                            (C) the adaptation or essentialness of the
                        artwork to the building; and
                            (D) whether the removal of the artwork would
                        cause damage to either the artwork or the surface
                        that contains it.
                    (2) semi-permanent artwork.--The term ``semi-permanent
                artwork'' means artwork that when applied directly to the
                surface of a wall, ceiling, or floor can be removed without
                damaging the artwork or the surface to which the artwork is
                applied.

                                         [S. Res. 629, 109-2, Dec. 7, 2006.]