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2 U.S.C. 2134: Art exhibitsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 2-THE CONGRESSCHAPTER 30-OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX
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§2134. Art exhibits

No work of art or manufacture other than the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the National Statuary Hall, the Rotunda, Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center, or the corridors of the Capitol.

(R.S. § 1815; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130 , 18 Stat. 376 ; Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182 , 20 Stat. 391 ; Pub. L. 110–437, title I, § 101(f)(2) , Oct. 20, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4985 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was classified to section 189 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.

Section is based on act Mar. 3, 1879, popularly known as the “Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1879”.

R.S. § 1815 derived from act July 20, 1868, ch. 176, § 6, 15 Stat. 110.

Amendments

2008⁠—Pub. L. 110–437 inserted “Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center,” after “Rotunda,”.