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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1627 

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 

MARCH 8, 2021 

Mr. CROW (for himself, Ms. WILD, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 

SPEIER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KUSTER, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 

Administration 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Remembrance 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXHIBIT DEPICTING THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, 

4 in consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library, 

5 shall carry out a project to design and install in a promi6 nent location in the United States Capitol a permanent 

7 exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred 

8 on January 6, 2021. 

9 (b) EXHIBIT REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) INCLUSION OF CAPITOL PROPERTY.—The 

11 Architect shall, to the extent practicable, preserve 

12 property from the United States Capitol or the 

13 United States Capitol Grounds (as described in sec14 tion 5102 of title 40, United States Code) that was 

15 damaged during the attack and include such prop16 erty in the exhibit described in subsection (a) as the 

17 Architect determines appropriate. 

18 (2) PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS.—The Architect 

19 shall include existing photographic records relating 

20 to the attack on the Capitol in the exhibit described 

21 in subsection (a). 

22 (3) PLAQUE.—The Architect shall include in 

23 the exhibit described in subsection (a) a plaque for 

24 the purpose of honoring— 

25 (A) the United States Capitol Police and 

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1 pated in protecting the United States Capitol 

2 on January 6, 2021; 

3 (B) the sacrifice of heroes, including 

4 United States Capitol Police Officers Brian 

5 Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, Metropolitan 

6 Police Department Officer Jeffrey Smith, and 

7 those who sustained injuries as a result of pro8 tecting the United States Capitol on January 6, 

9 2021; and 

10 (C) the Capitol staff that helped restore 

11 the Capitol Complex after the attack. 

12 (4) ARTWORK.—The Architect may include art13 work created to depict the attack on the Capitol in 

14 the exhibit described in subsection (a). 

15 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec17 essary to carry out this Act. Amounts appropriated pursu18 ant to this subsection shall remain available until ex19 pended. 

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