No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act

Bill: 117-hr-1017
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-11
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Building construction

Congressional agencies

Congressional officers and employees

Government Operations and Politics

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Library of Congress

Members of Congress

Protection of officials

U.S. Capitol

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for permanent fencing around the perimeter of any U.S. Capitol buildings or grounds.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1017 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2021 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to install permanent fencing around the United States Capitol, any of the Capitol Buildings, or any portion of the Capitol Grounds.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act . 2. Prohibiting use of funds for permanent fencing around United States Capitol No Federal funds may be used to install permanent 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.