---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 2086"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "2086"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/2086"
units:
  - "Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex"
  - "Subchapter V — Historical Preservation and Fine Arts"
  - "Part A — United States Capitol Preservation Commission"
---

# §2086. Definition


As used in this part, the term “[Member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–696, title VIII, § 806, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4610.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 188a–5 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.