SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS MISSION STATEMENT

The Architect of the Capitol is charged by law with the structural, mechanical, and domestic care of the Senate Office Buildings (Russell, Dirksen, Hart, leased space at Postal Square, Capitol Police Headquarters, Webster Hall, Senate Employees Child Care Center, and the Senate Garage), including operation of the mechanical equipment. The Architect is also responsible for the care, repair, and purchase of furniture and furnishings. (Furniture and furnishings for the Senate side of the Capitol are under the jurisdiction of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms.) The Architect is responsible for the heating, air conditioning, and lighting of the Senate Office Buildings as well as for all construction, structural improvements, and changes. The Architect is also responsible for the maintenance and operation of the subway transportation systems between the Senate Office Buildings and the Capitol, and for the garages in Dirksen, and Hart, plus the Senate Garage.

The "Old Building" was designated as the "Richard Brevard Russell Office Building" and the "New Building" as the "Everett
McKinley Dirksen Office Building" by Senate Resolution 296, 92nd Congress, agreed to October 11, 1972. Senate Resolution 525, 94th
Congress, stipulated that upon completion, the extension to the Dirksen Building be known as the "Philip A. Hart Office Building." The
Hart Office Building, which was fully occupied in 1983, houses fifty Senators plus committees and support groups. Senate Resolution
295, 96th Congress, made technical changes in the names of the buildings by adding the word "Senate" prior to "Office."

The 2001 appropriation request also provides for the structural, mechanical, and domestic care of the former Immigration Building located at 119 D Street, N.E., acquired by the Government in April 1974, and domestic care under contract of portions of Postal Square, which was leased beginning in fiscal year 1993. The Capitol Police Headquarters building at 119 "D" Street which houses the U.S. Capitol Police was officially named as the "Eney, Chestnut, Gibson Memorial Building", effective October 15, 1998, under the authority of Senate Resolution 120, 106th Congress. In addition, the Daniel Webster Senate Page School and Residence was authorized to be acquired and renovated for that purpose by Public Law 102-330, approved August 3, 1992, and so named in accordance with S. Res. 176, which passed the Senate November 24, 1993.

The Architect performs his duties in connection with the Russell Senate Office Building under authority of the Act of June 8, 1942 (56 Stat. 343); in connection with the Dirksen Senate Office Building under authority of the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029); and in connection with the former Immigration Building, under authority of the Act of June 8, 1974 (88 Stat. 206); in connection with the Hart Senate Office Building under authority of the Act of October 31, 1972 (86 Stat. 1510), in connection with the Senate Garage under authority of Public Law 97-276 (96 Stat. 1186), in connection with leased space at Postal Square under authority of Sec. 107 of Public Law 101-520 (104 Stat. 2254), and in connection with the Daniel Webster Senate Page School and Residence under authority of Public Law 102-330, as amended.