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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2392 

To direct the United States Capitol Police and the Architect of the Capitol 

to conduct investigations and assessments relating to the January 6, 

2021 attack on the United States Capitol, to carry out an initiative 

to improve the ability of the Capitol Police to respond to riots, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2021 

Mr. CAWTHORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the United States Capitol Police and the Architect 

of the Capitol to conduct investigations and assessments 

relating to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United 

States Capitol, to carry out an initiative to improve 

the ability of the Capitol Police to respond to riots, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Capitol 

3 Complex Security Improvement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS RELATING TO 

5 ATTACK ON UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 

6 (a) INTELLIGENCE FAILURES.— 

7 (1) INVESTIGATION.—The Inspector General of 

8 the United States Capitol Police shall conduct an in9 vestigation of systemic failures of intelligence relat10 ing to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United 

11 States Capitol. 

12 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 

14 General of the United States Capitol Police shall 

15 submit a report to Congress on the investigation 

16 conduced under paragraph (1). 

17 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE-SHARING

18 NEXUS.— 

19 (1) ASSESSMENT.—The Chief of the United 

20 States Capitol Police shall conduct an assessment of 

21 the feasibility and desirability of establishing a nexus 

22 for sharing intelligence with other law enforcement 

23 agencies and appropriate officials of the Federal 

24 Government. 

25 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

26 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of 


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1 the United States Capitol Police shall submit a re2 port to Congress on the assessment conduced under 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 (c) USE OF DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES.— 

5 (1) INVESTIGATION.—The Chief of the United 

6 States Capitol Police shall conduct an investigation 

7 into the use of de-escalation strategies by the Cap8 itol Police during the January 6, 2021 attack on the 

9 United States Capitol. 

10 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of 

12 the United States Capitol Police shall submit a re13 port to Congress on the investigation conduced 

14 under paragraph (1). 

15 (d) ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES.— 

16 (1) ASSESSMENT.—The Architect of the Capitol 

17 shall conduct an assessment of the damages caused 

18 by the January 6, 2021 attack on the United Stats 

19 Capitol, and shall include in the assessment a plan 

20 to respond to the damages by modernizing and in21 creasing the security of the Capitol. 

22 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Architect 

24 of the Capitol shall submit a report to Congress on 


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1 the assessment conduced under paragraph (1), to2 gether with the plan described in such paragraph. 

3 SEC. 3. INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE ABILITY OF CAPITOL PO4 LICE TO RESPOND TO RIOTS. 

5 (a) INITIATIVE DESCRIBED.—The Chief of the 

6 United States Capitol Police shall carry out an initiative 

7 to improve the ability of the Capitol Police to respond to 

8 riots, including improving the ability of officers of the 

9 Capitol Police to communicate with each other during 

10 riots and obtaining necessary equipment and supplies, 

11 such as ballistic-proof glass, stronger locks for pedestrian 

12 doors, portable anti-riot gear, portable fencing, pedestrian 

13 interdiction equipment, and individual communication de14 vices. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the United States 

17 Capitol Police such sums as may be necessary to carry 

18 out the initiative under this section. 

19 SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP OF LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS OF THE 

20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON CAPITOL POLICE 

21 BOARD. 

22 Section 1014(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro23 priations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended in 

24 the first sentence by striking ‘‘and the Architect of the 


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1 Capitol,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Architect of the Capitol, and 

2 the Librarian of Congress’’. 

3 SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF FENCING AROUND PERIMETER OF 

4 UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 

5 (a) REMOVAL OF EXISTING FENCING.—Not later 

6 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

7 the Architect of the Capitol shall remove any of the fenc8 ing installed around the perimeter of the United States 

9 Capitol during January 2021 which remains in place as 

10 of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON FUTURE INSTALLATION OF

12 FENCING.—After the Architect of the Capitol removes the 

13 fencing installed around the perimeter of the United 

14 States Capitol in accordance with subsection (a), the Ar15 chitect may not install any fencing around the perimeter 

16 of the United States Capitol unless not fewer than 3 of 

17 the members of the Capitol Police Board approve the in18 stallation of the fencing. 

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