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§ 51. —  Monuments to deceased Senators or House Members.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC51]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 51. Monuments to deceased Senators or House Members

    Whenever any deceased Senator or Member of the House of 
Representatives shall be actually interred in the Congressional 
Cemetery, so-called, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms of the 
Senate, in the case of a Senator, and of the Sergeant at Arms of the 
House of Representatives, in the case of a Member of the House, to have 
a monument erected, of granite, with suitable inscriptions, and the cost 
of the same shall be a charge upon and paid out either from the 
contingent funds of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, to 
whichever the deceased may have belonged, and any existing omissions of 
monuments or inscriptions, as aforesaid, are directed and authorized to 
be supplied in like manner.

(May 23, 1876, ch. 103, 19 Stat. 54.)


   National Trust Endowment for Care and Maintenance of Congressional 
                                Cemetery

    Pub. L. 105-275, title II, Sec. 209, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2448, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Grant for Care and Maintenance of Congressional Cemetery.--In 
order to assist in the perpetual care and maintenance of the historic 
Congressional Cemetery, the Architect of the Capitol shall make a grant 
to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the `National Trust') in accordance with an 
agreement entered into by the Architect of the Capitol with the National 
Trust and the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional 
Cemetery (hereafter in this section referred to as the `Association') 
which contains the terms and conditions described in subsection (b) and 
such other provisions as the Architect may deem necessary or desirable 
for the implementation of this section or for the protection of the 
interests of the Federal Government.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions of Agreement.--The terms and conditions 
described in this subsection are as follows:
        ``(1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under the grant made 
    under subsection (a), the National Trust shall deposit the amounts 
    in a permanently restricted account in its endowment and shall 
    administer, invest, and manage such grant funds in the same manner 
    as other National Trust endowment funds.
        ``(2) The National Trust shall make distributions to the 
    Association from the amounts deposited in the endowment pursuant to 
    paragraph (1), in accordance with its regularly established spending 
    rate, for the care and maintenance of the Cemetery (other than the 
    cost of personnel), except that the National Trust may only make 
    such distributions incrementally and proportionately upon receipt by 
    the National Trust of contributions from the Association which 
    incrementally match the amounts provided under the grant made under 
    subsection (a) and which are to be added to the permanently 
    restricted account described in paragraph (1).
        ``(3) The Association shall use such distributions from the 
    endowment and the match for the care and maintenance of 
    Congressional Cemetery, except that the Association may not use such 
    distributions for nonroutine restoration or capital projects.
        ``(4) The Association, or any successor thereto, shall maintain 
    adequate records and accounts of all financial transactions and 
    operations carried out with such distributions, and such records 
    shall be available at all times for audit and investigation by the 
    Architect of the Capitol and the Comptroller General.
    ``(c) No Title in United States.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to vest title to the Congressional Cemetery in the United 
States.''


  Congressional Cemetery; Restoration and Preservation; Grants to the 
   Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery

    Pub. L. 97-245, Aug. 26, 1982, 96 Stat. 313, provided: ``That the 
Congress finds and declares that--
        ``(1) sections of the Congressional Cemetery in the District of 
    Columbia are of national historic significance, including those 
    areas in which John Philip Sousa, Matthew Brady, J. Edgar Hoover, 
    several former Members of the United States Senate and House of 
    Representatives, and many other persons of historical importance and 
    interest are buried; and
        ``(2) the physical condition of these areas and related portions 
    of the cemetery has deteriorated to the extent that restoration is 
    necessary to protect and preserve the historical values of these 
    areas.
    ``Sec. 2. In order to assist in the restoration and preservation of 
the historic values of the Congressional Cemetery, the Architect of the 
Capitol is authorized and directed to make grants to the Association for 
the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, 
District of Columbia, to be used for a program of restoration and 
preservation (but not routine maintenance) of the cemetery to be carried 
out under terms and conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the 
Capitol. The Association shall maintain adequate records and accounts of 
all financial transactions and operations carried out under such 
program, and such records shall be available at all times for audit and 
investigation by the Architect or the Comptroller General of the United 
States. Nothing in this Act [this note] shall be construed to vest title 
to the Congressional Cemetery in the United States.
    ``Sec. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated $300,000 for grants 
to be made under section 2 of this Act, such sums to remain available 
until expended.
    ``Sec. 4. No authority under this Act [this note] to make payments 
shall be effective except to the extent and in such amounts as provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts.''



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