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2021 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 30 - Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex
Subchapter VIII - Miscellaneous
Sec. 2183 - Protection of buildings and property
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| 2 U.S.C. § 2183 (2021) |
| §2183. Protection of buildings and property |
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The Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the public property therein, and they shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating such regulations, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial. |
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(R.S. §1820.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 193 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062. R.S. §1820 derived from acts Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 20, §2, 15 Stat. 12; Apr. 29, 1876, ch. 86, 19 Stat. 41. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
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| Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 30 - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX SUBCHAPTER VIII - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 2183 - Protection of buildings and property |
| section 2183 |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 15 Stat. 12 19 Stat. 41 116 Stat. 1062 |
| Public Law 107-217 |
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