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The Architect of the Capitol is to create the Time Capsule

To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The Architect of the Capitol is to create the Time Capsule

The document says “shallWho acts: Architect of the CapitolHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Architect of the Capitol shall create a congressional time capsule, to be known as the ``Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule''”

To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Section 2(a) directs the Architect of the Capitol to create a congressional time capsule and names it the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule. The rest of the Act refers to it as the Time Capsule.

What the document actually says

“The Architect of the Capitol shall create a congressional time capsule, to be known as the ``Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule''”

To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The Architect of the Capitol must make a time capsule. The box gets a long name. The rest of the law just calls it the Time Capsule.

What this is about

The Architect of the Capitol is an officer. That officer takes care of the Capitol and its grounds. A time capsule is a box. It holds things saved for people far in the future.

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