Title: A resolution supporting reopening the United States Capitol Building and Senate Office Buildings to the American people.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution supports reopening the U.S. Capitol Building and Senate Office Buildings to visitors under the public visitation policies that were in place before the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 512 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 512

  Supporting reopening the United States Capitol Building and Senate 
                Office Buildings to the American people.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2022

    Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
  Lankford, Mr. Braun, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, 
Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
 Paul, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Johnson, 
 Mr. Boozman, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
Wicker, and Mr. Barrasso) submitted the following resolution; which was 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Supporting reopening the United States Capitol Building and Senate 
                Office Buildings to the American people.

Whereas the United States Capitol and Senate Office Buildings closed to public 
        visitation on March 12, 2020, at the very outset of the pandemic;
Whereas, since March of 2020, the American people have learned how to safely 
        gather and enter public places despite the existence of COVID-19 and, 
        due to Operation Warp Speed, have had the opportunity to be vaccinated 
        against COVID-19 for more than a year;
Whereas, despite the existence of COVID-19, tens of thousands of people 
        routinely gather across the country for sporting, entertainment, 
        worship, and other events;
Whereas, despite the existence of COVID-19, stores, restaurants, and other 
        public places have been successfully welcoming the public since the 
        pandemic began in 2020;
Whereas, despite the existence of COVID-19, the American people, including 
        Members of Congress, routinely use crowded public transportation 
        vehicles, including airplanes and trains;
Whereas, despite the existence of COVID-19, most Americans have long since 
        resumed working around co-workers, customers, and others;
Whereas it is illogical and unacceptable that, despite the rest of the United 
        States being open, the United States Capitol Building and Senate Office 
        Buildings, buildings that belong to the American people, remain largely 
        closed to public visitation; and
Whereas it is time to once again welcome the public participation in the 
        legislative process and the public visitation of our historic buildings 
        that have always been hallmarks of American democracy: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the importance of reopening the United 
        States Capitol Building and Senate Office Buildings to the 
        American people to facilitate public participation in the 
        legislative process and public visitation of these historic 
        buildings; and
            (2) supports returning to the public visitation policies 
        for Senate Office Buildings and the portions of the United 
        States Capitol Building and Capitol complex within Senate 
        jurisdiction that were in place before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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