Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for official Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States Capitol.

Bill: 114-hconres-42
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2015-04-27
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Religion

U.S. Capitol
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the use of the Capitol grounds for official congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, September 24, 2015.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 42 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2015 Mr. Barletta submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for official Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States Capitol.

1. Authorization of use of Capitol Grounds for events surrounding visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to United States Capitol The Capitol Grounds may be used for official Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States Capitol on Thursday, September 24, 2015, or on such other dates as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may jointly designate. 2. Responsibilities of Capitol Police Board The Capitol Police Board shall take such actions as may be necessary to enforce the restrictions applicable to the Capitol Grounds in connection with the events authorized by this resolution. 3. Event preparations The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to erect upon the Capitol Grounds such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related structures and equipment as may be required for the events authorized by this resolution.