---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 5105"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "5105"
heading: "Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/5105"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part B — United States Capitol"
  - "Chapter 51 — United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds"
---

# §5105. Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees


Each individual employed in the service of the [Federal Government](/usc/40/3701.md?p=a) in the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) Capitol or within the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) Capitol Grounds shall prevent, as far as may be in the individual’s power, a violation of a provision of this chapter or section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, or 14 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (ch. 707, 60 Stat. 719, 720), and shall aid the police in securing the arrest and conviction of the individual violating the provision.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1178.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5105 | 40:193i. | July 31, 1946, ch. 707, § 10, 60 Stat. 719. |

The words “by information or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 14 of the Act of July 31, 1946, referred to in text, are classified to sections 1961, 1966, 1967, 1922, and 1969, respectively, of Title 2, The Congress.