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[84 STAT. 1199]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1199]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-510-OCT. 26, 1970

1199

DORMITORY B U I L D I N G FOR CONGRESSIONAL. PAGES

SEC. 492. (a) There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with plans which shall be prepared by or under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and which shall be submitted to and jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, a fireproof building containing dormitory and classroom facilities, including necessary furnishing and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Property a c (b) The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and sition in D.C, q u i supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by jDurchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, such publicly or privately owned real property in the District of Columbia (including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within the curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity of the United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, for the purpose of constructing on such real property, in accordance with this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom facilities complex for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States. (c) Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection p rCondemnation oceedings. (b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter 77 Stat. 577. IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code. D.. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property 1351Cet Code 16seq, owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and U.S.-owned streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property property, transfer. acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be transferred, upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within t]ie curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission. (f) Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes", approved 60 Stat. 7 1 8. July 31, 1946. (g) The building constructed on the real property acquired under to D.C. Code 9-118 9-132. this section shall be designated the "John W. McCormack Residential J o h n W. McPage School". The employment of all services (other than that of the tCormacke R e s i d e n i a l P a g School, United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, main- designation. tenance, and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol. Such supervision and control shall be subject to the joint approval and direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. x ense The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in e sAnnuals eto pContimate detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol g r e s s.