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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "2 U.S.C. § 1816"
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description: "Construction contracts"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 2
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title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_number: "28"
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chapter_name: "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL"
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section: "1816"
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citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1816"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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---
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1816 - Construction contracts
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## Text
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(a) Liquidated damages The Architect of the Capitol may not enter into or administer any construction contract with a value greater than $50,000 unless the contract includes a provision requiring the payment of liquidated damages in the amount determined under subsection (b) in the event that completion of the project is delayed because of the contractor.
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(b) Amount of payment The amount of payment required under a liquidated damages provision described in subsection (a) shall be equal to the product of—
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(1) the daily liquidated damage payment rate; and
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(2) the number of days by which the completion of the project is delayed.
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(c) Daily liquidated damage payment rate (1) In general In subsection (b), the “daily liquidated damage payment rate” means—
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(A) $140, in the case of a contract with a value greater than $50,000 and less than $100,000;
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(B) $200, in the case of a contract with a value equal to or greater than $100,000 and equal to or less than $500,000; and
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(C) the sum of $200 plus $50 for each $100,000 increment by which the value of the contract exceeds $500,000, in the case of a contract with a value greater than $500,000.
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(2) Adjustment in rate permitted Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the daily liquidated damage payment rate may be adjusted by the contracting officer involved to a rate greater or lesser than the rate described in such paragraph if the contracting officer makes a written determination that the rate described does not accurately reflect the anticipated damages which will be suffered by the United States as a result of the delay in the completion of the contract.
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(d) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to contracts entered into during fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year.
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(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 130, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 580.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was classified to section 166j of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
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