---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 2163"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "2163"
heading: "Capitol Grounds shuttle service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/2163"
units:
  - "Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex"
  - "Subchapter VII — Other Entities and Services"
---

# §2163. Capitol Grounds shuttle service


Funds appropriated for any available account of the Architect of the Capitol after October 1, 1976, shall be available for the purchase or rental, maintenance and operation of passenger motor vehicles to provide shuttle service for [Members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) and [employees](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) of Congress to and from the buildings in the Legislative group.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–440, title VI, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1453; Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1206(a), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 582.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 223 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.

### Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “appropriated for any available account of the Architect of the Capitol” for “appropriated under this heading”, which had been editorially changed to read “appropriated for the Capitol Grounds” to reflect the heading appearing in the Act.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2017 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1206(b), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 582, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.”