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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, to provide for financing the acquisition, construction, alteration, maintenance, operation, and protection of public buildings, and for other purpos · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. **[**[40 U.S.C. 175 note](/us/usc/t40/s175)**]**

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## Sec. 8 **[**[40 U.S.C. 175 note](/us/usc/t40/s175)**]** ###
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the House Office Building Commission is authorized
(1)to use, to such extent as it may deem necessary, for the purpose of providing office and other accommodations for the House of Representatives, the building, known as the Congressional Hotel, acquired by the Government in 1957 as part of Lot 20 in Square 692 in the District of Columbia under authority of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 and
(2)to direct the Architect of the Capitol to lease, at fair market value, for such other use and under such terms and conditions and to such parties as such Commission may authorize, any space in such building not required for the aforesaid purpose. ###
(b)Any space in such building used for office and other accommodations for the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a part of the “House Office Buildings” and, as such, shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to those buildings. * * * * * * *
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