Title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for temporary or permanent fencing around the perimeter of any U.S. Capitol buildings or grounds. It also requires the existing temporary fencing to be removed within 15 days of the bill's enactment.
On January 7, 2021, in response to the previous day's events, razor wire fencing was erected to secure the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol; the fencing was initially to remain in place for 30 days and has since been kept in place through periodic extensions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3556 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3556

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing 
around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States 
                            Capitol Grounds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2021

 Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing 
around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States 
                            Capitol Grounds.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR PERMANENT FENCING AROUND UNITED 
              STATES CAPITOL.

    No Federal funds may be used to install permanent above ground 
fencing around--
            (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Buildings described 
        in section 5101 of title 40, United States Code; or
            (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol Grounds, or 
        any portion thereof, described in section 5102 of such title.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR EXISTING TEMPORARY FENCING.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be used to respond to the 
attacks on the United States Capitol and the United States Capitol 
Grounds on January 6, 2021, or any ongoing, unspecified security threat 
by installing temporary fencing around--
            (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Buildings described 
        in section 5101 of title 40, United States Code; or
            (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol Grounds, or 
        any portion thereof, described in section 5102 of such title.
    (b) Removal of Existing Temporary Fencing.--Not later than 15 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Architect of the 
Capitol shall remove any fencing that was installed around the United 
States Capitol Buildings and the United States Capitol Grounds on or 
after January 6, 2021.
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