A bill to authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a memorial service in honor of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick for his courage and sacrifice at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 143 To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a memorial service in honor of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick for his courage and sacrifice at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 28, 2021 Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a memorial service in honor of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick for his courage and sacrifice at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING USE OF ROTUNDA OF THE CAP- 3 ITOL FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OFFICER 4 BRIAN SICKNICK. 5 To the extent that security conditions permit (as de- 6 termined by the Capitol Police Board), the rotunda of the 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:17 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S143.IS S143 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 143 IS Capitol is authorized to be used for a memorial service 1 and proceedings related thereto, including lying in honor 2 in the rotunda, for Officer Brian Sicknick of the United 3 States Capitol Police on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 4 at 10:00 a.m. under the direction of the Capitol Police 5 Board. 6 SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF PLAQUE IN CAPITOL IN MEMORY 7 OF OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK. 8 The Architect of the Capitol shall place a plaque in 9 honor of the memory of Officer Brian Sicknick of the 10 United States Capitol Police at an appropriate site in the 11 United States Capitol near the Capitol steps, with the ap- 12 proval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 13 the President pro tempore of the Senate. 14 SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR OFFICER 15 BRIAN SICKNICK. 16 (a) FUNERAL EXPENSES.— 17 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT.—The Ser- 18 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives and 19 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 20 are authorized and directed to make such arrange- 21 ments as may be necessary for funeral services in 22 the Capitol Complex for Officer Brian Sicknick of 23 the United States Capitol Police, including payments 24 for travel expenses of immediate family members, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:17 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S143.IS S143 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 143 IS subject to the approval of the heirs of Officer 1 Sicknick. 2 (2) SOURCE AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS.— 3 Payments under this subsection shall be made using 4 vouchers in a manner directed jointly by the Com- 5 mittee on House Administration of the House of 6 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 7 Administration of the Senate, and shall be derived in 8 equal portions from the applicable accounts of the 9 House of Representatives and the contingent fund of 10 the Senate. 11 (b) ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 12 (1) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 13 TIVES.—The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives shall make arrangements for the attend- 15 ance of Members of the House of Representatives 16 (including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner 17 to the Congress) at the funeral services held under 18 this section, including payments for expenses in- 19 curred by Members in attending such services. Such 20 payments shall be made from the applicable ac- 21 counts of the House of Representatives, using vouch- 22 ers approved in a manner directed by the Committee 23 on House Administration of the House of Represent- 24 atives. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:17 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S143.IS S143 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 143 IS (2) SENATORS.—The Sergeant at Arms and 1 Doorkeeper of the Senate shall make arrangements 2 for the attendance of Senators at the funeral serv- 3 ices held under this section, including payments for 4 expenses incurred by Senators in attending such 5 services. Such payments shall be made from the con- 6 tingent fund of the Senate, using vouchers approved 7 in a manner directed by the Committee on Rules 8 and Administration of the Senate. 9 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL FUND. 10 The second sentence of section 1 of Public Law 105– 11 223 (2 U.S.C. 1951) is amended by inserting after 12 ‘‘2017,’’ the following: ‘‘and amounts received in response 13 to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 14 6, 2021,’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:17 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S143.IS S143 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS