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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 212 

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 6, 2025 

Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. 

TORRES of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. CHU, Mr. 

AGUILAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. MENG, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GOLDMAN

of New York, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. BISHOP, and Mr. 

HUFFMAN) 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 Officers Jeffrey Smith, Gun7 ther Hashida, and Kyle DeFreytag, and those 

8 who sustained injuries as a result of protecting 

9 the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021; 

10 and 

11 (C) the Capitol staff that helped restore 

12 the Capitol Complex after the attack. 

13 (4) ARTWORK.—The Architect may include art14 work created to depict the attack on the Capitol in 

15 the exhibit described in subsection (a). 

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec18 essary to carry out this Act. Amounts appropriated pursu19 ant to this subsection shall remain available until ex20 pended. 

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