---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1813"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1813"
heading: "Exterior of Capitol"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1813"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Architect of the Capitol"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
---

# §1813. Exterior of Capitol


On and after July 7, 1884, it shall be the duty of the Architect to clean and keep in proper order the exterior of the Capitol.


## Source credit

(July 7, 1884, ch. 332, 23 Stat. 209.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Architect, referred to in text, means the Architect of the Capitol.

### Codification

Section was classified to section 163a 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 from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act July 7, 1884, fiscal year 1885.