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To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds.

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I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3556 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 28, 2021 Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR PERMANENT 3 FENCING AROUND UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 4 No Federal funds may be used to install permanent 5 above ground fencing around— 6 (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Build- 7 ings described in section 5101 of title 40, United 8 States Code; or 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:53 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3556.IH H3556 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3556 IH (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol 1 Grounds, or any portion thereof, described in section 2 5102 of such title. 3 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR EXISTING TEM- 4 PORARY FENCING. 5 (a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be used 6 to respond to the attacks on the United States Capitol 7 and the United States Capitol Grounds on January 6, 8 2021, or any ongoing, unspecified security threat by in- 9 stalling temporary fencing around— 10 (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Build- 11 ings described in section 5101 of title 40, United 12 States Code; or 13 (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol 14 Grounds, or any portion thereof, described in section 15 5102 of such title. 16 (b) REMOVAL OF EXISTING TEMPORARY FENCING.— 17 Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 18 of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall remove any 19 fencing that was installed around the United States Cap- 20 itol Buildings and the United States Capitol Grounds on 21 or after January 6, 2021. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:53 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3556.IH H3556 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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