[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.]