I 
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. JA-
COBS of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KUSTER, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) intro-
duced 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Remembrance 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXHIBIT DEPICTING THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, 
in consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library, 
shall carry out a project to design and install in a promi-
nent location in the United States Capitol a permanent 
exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred 
on January 6, 2021. 
(b) EXHIBIT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
CAPITOL
PROPERTY.—The 
Architect shall, to the extent practicable, preserve 
property from the United States Capitol or the 
United States Capitol Grounds (as described in sec-
tion 5102 of title 40, United States Code) that was 
damaged during the attack and include such prop-
erty in the exhibit described in subsection (a) as the 
Architect determines appropriate. 
(2) PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS.—The Architect 
shall include existing photographic records relating 
to the attack on the Capitol in the exhibit described 
in subsection (a). 
(3) PLAQUE.—The Architect shall include in 
the exhibit described in subsection (a) a plaque for 
the purpose of honoring— 
(A) the United States Capitol Police and 
other law enforcement agencies that partici-
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pated in protecting the United States Capitol 
on January 6, 2021; 
(B) the sacrifice of heroes, including 
United States Capitol Police Officers Brian 
Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, Metropolitan 
Police Department Officer Jeffrey Smith, and 
those who sustained injuries as a result of pro-
tecting the United States Capitol on January 6, 
2021; and 
(C) the Capitol staff that helped restore 
the Capitol Complex after the attack. 
(4) ARTWORK.—The Architect may include art-
work created to depict the attack on the Capitol in 
the exhibit described in subsection (a). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act. Amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to this subsection shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
Æ 
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