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 PUBLIC LAW 94-497—OCT. 14, 1976

90 STAT. 2377

Public Law 94-497 94th Congress Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance of the Joint Committee on the Library on behalf of the Congress, from the United States Capitol Historical Society, of preliminary design sketches and funds for murals, in the first floor corridors in the House wing of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Joint Committee on the Library is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Congress, as a gift from the United States Capitol Historical Society, preliminary design sketches intended as a basic design for murals proposed to be painted on the ceiling and walls of the first floor corridors in the House wing of the United States Capitol. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized— (1) to accept in the name of the United States, from the United States Capitol Historical Society, such sum or sums as such society may tender in full payment thereof, and such sum or sums, when so received, shall be credited to the appropriation account "Capitol Buildings, Architect of the Capitol", and (2) subject to section 3 of this joint resolution, to expend such sum or sums for the employment, by contract, of an artist or artists, for the execution of mural decorations on the ceiling and walls of the first floor corridor in the House wing of the United States Capitol in substantial accordance with the preliminary design sketches referred to in the first section of the joint resolution, after the acceptance by the Joint Committee on the Library, and for all other necessary items in connection therewith, subject to such modifications thereof as may be approved by such joint committee. SEC. 3. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is authorized to enter into contracts and to incur such other obligations and make such expenditures, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the joint resolution. SEC. 4. Sums received under the joint resolution, when credited to the appropriation account "Capitol Buildings, Architect of the Capitol", shall be expended and shall remain available until expended. Any net monetary amounts remaining after the completion of the

Oct. 14, 1976 [HJ. Res. 967]

U.S. Capitol. Design sketches and funds for murals. 40 USC 166 note.

40 USC 166 note.

Contract authority. 40 USC 166 note.

40 USC 166 note.

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