---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 2202"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "2202"
heading: "Designation and naming within the Capitol Visitor Center"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/2202"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Capitol Visitor Center"
  - "Subchapter I — In General"
---

# §2202. Designation and naming within the Capitol Visitor Center

- (a) **In general—** Except as provided under [subsection (b)](#b), no part of the Capitol Visitor Center may be designated or named without the approval of—
  - (1) not less than ¾ of all [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) on the Capitol Preservation Commission who are [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the Democratic party; and
  - (2) not less than ¾ of all [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) on the Capitol Preservation Commission who are [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the Republican party.
- (b) **Exception—** [Subsection (a)](#a) shall not apply to any room or space under the jurisdiction of the Senate or the House of Representatives.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–437, title I, § 102, Oct. 20, 2008, 122 Stat. 4986.)