---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 2181"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "2181"
heading: "Assignment of space for meetings of joint committees, conference committees, etc."
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/2181"
units:
  - "Chapter 30 — Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Miscellaneous"
---

# §2181. Assignment of space for meetings of joint committees, conference committees, etc.


The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall cause a survey to be made of available space within the Capitol which could be utilized for joint committee meetings, meetings of conference committees, and other meetings, requiring the attendance of both Senators and [Members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the House of Representatives; and shall recommend the reassignment of such space to accommodate such meetings.


## Source credit

(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 242, 60 Stat. 839.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 174d–1 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.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section 245 of act Aug. 2, 1946, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.