What This Bill Does
This bill tells the Architect of the Capitol to design and install a permanent exhibit in the U.S. Capitol building that shows what happened during the attack on January 6, 2021. The exhibit must be placed in a prominent location and completed within 2 years of the law being passed.
Who It Affects
The Architect of the Capitol carries out the main work. The Joint Committee on the Library helps advise on the project. The public will be able to see the finished exhibit in the Capitol building.
Key Provisions
• The Architect of the Capitol, working with the Joint Committee on the Library, must design and install a permanent exhibit about the January 6, 2021 attack within 2 years of the law passing. (Sec. 2(a))
• The Architect must try to preserve damaged property from the Capitol building or Capitol Grounds and include it in the exhibit. (Sec. 2(b)(1))
• The Architect must include existing photographs related to the attack in the exhibit. (Sec. 2(b)(2))
• The exhibit must include a plaque honoring Capitol Police, other law enforcement, fallen officers, injured officers, and Capitol staff who helped restore the building after the attack. (Sec. 2(b)(3))
• The Architect may include artwork created to depict the attack in the exhibit. (Sec. 2(b)(4))
What Changes
If this law passes, the U.S. Capitol will have a new permanent exhibit showing the January 6, 2021 attack. Money will be spent to design, build and install this exhibit.
Important Definitions
None defined in the bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 321
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to design and install in the United
States Capitol an exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that
occurred on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 12, 2023
Mr. CROW (for himself, Ms. WILD, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL,
Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CORREA, Ms. BLUNT
ROCHESTER, Mr. HIMES, Mr. KILDEE, and Ms. KUSTER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion
A BILL
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to design and install
in the United States Capitol an exhibit that depicts
the attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6,
2021, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Remembrance
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXHIBIT DEPICTING THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the
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date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol,
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in consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library,
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shall carry out a project to design and install in a promi-
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nent location in the United States Capitol a permanent
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exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred
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on January 6, 2021.
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(b) EXHIBIT REQUIREMENTS.—
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(1) INCLUSION
OF
CAPITOL
PROPERTY.—The
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Architect shall, to the extent practicable, preserve
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property from the United States Capitol or the
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United States Capitol Grounds (as described in sec-
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tion 5102 of title 40, United States Code) that was
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damaged during the attack and include such prop-
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erty in the exhibit described in subsection (a) as the
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Architect determines appropriate.
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(2) PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS.—The Architect
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shall include existing photographic records relating
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to the attack on the Capitol in the exhibit described
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in subsection (a).
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(3) PLAQUE.—The Architect shall include in
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the exhibit described in subsection (a) a plaque for
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the purpose of honoring—
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(A) the United States Capitol Police and
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other law enforcement agencies that partici-
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pated in protecting the United States Capitol
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on January 6, 2021;
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(B) the sacrifice of heroes, including
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United States Capitol Police Officers Brian
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Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, Metropolitan
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Police Department Officers Jeffrey Smith, Gun-
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ther Hashida, and Kyle DeFreytag, and those
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who sustained injuries as a result of protecting
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the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021;
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and
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(C) the Capitol staff that helped restore
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the Capitol Complex after the attack.
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(4) ARTWORK.—The Architect may include art-
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work created to depict the attack on the Capitol in
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the exhibit described in subsection (a).
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
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are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
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essary to carry out this Act. Amounts appropriated pursu-
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ant to this subsection shall remain available until ex-
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pended.
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