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Prohibiting President Donald Trump and certain other individuals who attempted to undermine and overturn the 2020 presidential election from entering the United States Capitol.

Source: Congress.gov · 643 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This concurrent resolution orders Capitol security officials to prevent nine named individuals from entering the United States Capitol building. The resolution states these individuals attempted to undermine and overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Who It Affects

The bill directly affects these nine individuals: President Donald John Trump, Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, Peter Navarro, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, and Rudy Giuliani. The bill also assigns duties to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the United States Capitol Police.

Key Provisions

• The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the United States Capitol Police must take necessary actions to prohibit the nine named individuals from entering the United States Capitol (Sec. 1).

What Changes

If this resolution passes, the Capitol security officials listed become responsible for preventing the nine named individuals from accessing the Capitol building.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 19 Prohibiting President Donald Trump and certain other individuals who at- tempted to undermine and overturn the 2020 presidential election from entering the United States Capitol. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 17, 2023 Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself and Mr. SWALWELL) submitted the fol- lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Prohibiting President Donald Trump and certain other indi- viduals who attempted to undermine and overturn the 2020 presidential election from entering the United States Capitol. Whereas following the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol, the House of Representatives voted on a bipartisan basis to establish the Select Committee to In- vestigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol; Whereas during the Select Committee’s investigation the House of Representatives held Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Peter Navarro in criminal contempt of Congress and certified those contempts to the Department of Justice for prosecution; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:07 Feb 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC19.IH HC19 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HCON 19 IH Whereas, on December 19, 2022, the Select Committee re- ferred Donald Trump, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, and Kenneth Cheseboro for criminal prosecution; Whereas, on December 22, 2022, the Select Committee re- leased its final report describing the effort to undermine and overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021; Whereas part of that report described the role that Donald Trump, Steven Bannon, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, Rudy Giuliani, Dan Scavino, and Peter Navarro played in the planning and execution of the efforts to undermine and overturn the 2020 presidential election; Whereas the effort to undermine and overturn the 2020 pres- idential election damaged the functions of our democracy; Whereas the effort to undermine and overturn the 2020 pres- idential election damaged the integrity of Congress’s con- stitutional role in certifying the election results; Whereas the effort to undermine and overturn the 2020 pres- idential election and the subsequent attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, were an attack on the constitutional requirement that Congress be formed pursuant to and held accountable to the will of the people; Whereas the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, claimed the lives of five law enforcement officers and put the lives of Members of Congress and the Vice President of the United States in genuine peril; Whereas the continuation of democracy in the United States is an active process that requires the vigilance and action of those who seek to preserve it; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:07 Feb 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC19.IH HC19 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HCON 19 IH Whereas the continuation of democracy in the United States requires accountability for those who seek to damage it: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1 concurring), 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITING PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CER- 3 TAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEMPTED 4 TO UNDERMINE AND OVERTURN THE 2020 5 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM ENTERING 6 UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 7 The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa- 8 tives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 9 and the United States Capitol Police shall take such ac- 10 tions as may be necessary to prohibit President Donald 11 John Trump, Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows, Dan 12 Scavino, Peter Navarro, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, 13 Kenneth Cheseboro, and Rudy Giuliani from entering the 14 United States Capitol. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:07 Feb 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HC19.IH HC19 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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